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Persometrics is a Swiss healthcare firm offering physiological and psychometric profiling for individuals and businesses. We specialize in biomarker testing, offering optimised training and help fighting burnout and other stress-related illnesses. Identifying individuals prone to burnout and other stress-related illnesses or costly rehabilitation programs after the fact, companies too can save on reduced absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover rates
Our testing of hormones directly tied to athletic adaptation to exercise allows you to find the exercise routine and diet that is right for YOU, and NOT the one that is right for everyone else.
Our philosophy is science. We believe in empirical data and its appropriate analysis. Never losing sight of scope or meaningfulness of deliverables, we do not perform tests or analyses that have no scientific merit, and we only work with third-parties that share this philosophy.
THE TEAM
Persometrics Co-founder and principal consultant
John Thoresen, PHD, PMP
Durham University (Psychology)
Université de Toulouse 1 (Economical Sciences)
John is a previous post-doctoral researcher at EPFL (the federal polytechnic university of Swiss Romande) where he studied the impact of stress on humans, with its many intercorrelations with personality. He has experience from market research and statistical modelling, is a published author in the fields of stress, personality and behavioural economics and has extensive experience in diet research. John's main interests are in combining a variety of tools for measuring health and behaviour and in applying science to optimise physical and psychological well-being.
Co-founder and lifestyle consultant
Vice Soljan, PHD
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb (Biochemical Engineering)
Vice is co-founder of Persometrics and is in many ways head of innovation, having operated several companies in the past. He is further co-founder of Nutrigenext Switzerland. Expert in biomarker testing and DNA analysis, Vice specialises in individualised sports and nutrition programs. He also holds professorship positions at the Universities of Zagreb and Skopje.
Medical consultant
Christian Lu, MD, FHM, EBIR
Université de Lausanne (Medicine)
Universités de Lille 2, Montpellier 1, Paris sud (Radiology, interventional radiology)
Cambridge Judge Business School (Entrepreneurship)
With more than 15 years of experience in the medical field, Christian Lu is a consultant radiologist at Ygare, a state-of-the-art imagery centre based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Christian also holds a degree from Cambridge Business School. With his broad medical experience and entrepreneurial mindset, he is a medical advisor to Persometrics, helping to ensure medical merit in our products and services.
Technical consultant
João Rodrigues, PHD
University of Lisbon (Biophysics and Biomedical Sciences)
Technical University of Lisbon (Génie électrique et informatique)
João currently works as a scientific researcher at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), where he studies the influence of stress and personality on human behaviour. He is published author in the fields of brain imaging, neuro-feedback and sports sciences, with main interests covering methodological and clinical aspects. Joao is an expert in Big Data analysis. His methods include VR, EEG and Machine Learning, studying links between personality, behaviour and physiology.
Clinical consultant
Gabriella Stocca, PHD
International School for Advanced Studies - SISSA (Biophysics),
University of Trieste (Biology)
Previously working at the University Hospital of the Canton of Vaud (CHUV), Gabriella is a scientific advisor on clinical operations, with substantial experience in data protection and scientific writing. Gabriella is very much an 'applied' scientist. For instance, she has studied neurophysiological underpinning of substance abuse.