Institution:
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg – Eppendorf (UKE)
Position (s):
- Director, Institute of Infection Research and Vaccine Development (IIRVD)
- Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, I. Dept. of Medicine, UKE, Hamburg
- Full Professor of Medicine (W3 Infectious Diseases)
Education:
University training:
- 1998 – 1999 MSc in Applied Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (MSc AMBID),
London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), London, UK - 1989 – 1996 Study of Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany
ERASMUS Academic Exchange Year, Université Louis Pasteur,
Strasbourg, France (1992-1993)
ERASMUS Academic Exchange Year, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland (1993-1994)
Advanced academic qualifications:
- 2009 Massachusetts Board of Registration Full medical license
- 2006 Specialist in Infectious Diseases
- 2004 Specialist in Internal Medicine
- 1999 Diploma in Tropical Medicine (DTM&H), London School of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene, London, UK - 1998 Dissertation in Medicine (Dr. med.); supervisor: Prof. Dr. J. Bille, Lausanne,
France and Prof. Dr. G. Marklein, Bonn, Germany - 1998 Licence to practise medicine (Approbation als Ärztin)
Awards:
- 1999: Ralph A. Neal Memorial Prize, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- 2008: Edward H. Kass Award for Clinical Excellency, Massachussets ID Society
- 2013: Honorary Professor, Universtiy of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- 2018: DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research (www.dzif.de)2019: Pettenkofer-Preis 2019 (Pettenkofer-Stiftung, München)
- 2020: German Medical Award – Medizinerin des Jahres 2020
- 2021: Bürgerpreis der Hamburgischen Bürgervereine
- 2021: Hammonia des Landesfrauenrats Hamburg
- 2022 : Heinz-Ansmann Award for AIDS-Research
Membership:
- German Society for infectiology (DGI)
- German Society for immunology (DGfI)
- German Society for AIDS (DAIG)
- German Society for tropical medicine and international health (DTG)