Official position
Chairman and Director, Department of Pediatrics
Chairman, University Center for Rare Diseases (USE)
Institution
University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Business address
Fetscherstrasse 74
01307 Dresden
Academic education and degrees
1983 - 1989 | Studies in Medicine, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany and University of Caen, France |
1990 | Medical Doctor, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany |
1989 - 1991 | Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany |
1991 - 1997 | Residency in Pediatrics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany |
1997 | Scholarship, Ludwig-Institute for Cancer Research (ISREC), Lausanne Branch, Epalinges, Switzerland |
2000 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Pediatrics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany |
Professional career
2003 - 2011 | Vice-Chairman and Deputy Director, Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany |
2007 - 2011 | Chairman, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Vaccinology, Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany |
2009 - 2011 | Board Member, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany |
2010 - 2011 | Board Member, Center for Infectious Diseases (ZI), University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany |
Since 2012 | Chairman and Director, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
Since 2013 | Chairman, Committee on Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
Since 2015 | Chairman, University Center for Rare Diseases (USE), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
Honors, awards and positions
2005 - 2009 and 2015 - 2017 | President and Vice-President German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI) |
Since 2012 | Board Member German Society for Pediatrics (DGKJ) |
Since 2012 and
since 2018 | Board Member and Vice-President, Saxonian-Thuringian Society for Pediatrics (STGKJM) |
2018 - 2019 | Board Member German Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GPR) |
2004 - 2010 | Appointed Member Commission on Drug Prescription (BfArM) |
Since 2009 | Appointed Member Commission on Drugs in Children - KAKJ (BfArM) |
2006 - 2012 | Appointed Member Commission on Influenza Pandemics (RKI) |
Since 2020 | Appointed Member Scientific Advisory Board Modelling COVID-19 Vaccine - ImVaCov (RKI) |
1999 | DPC Academy Research Award |
2000 | Friedrich-Linneweh-Award (DGKJ) |
2000 | Research Award (DGPI) |
Current journal editorial positions
Since 2010 | Associate Editor, Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde |
Since 2012 | Associate Editor, Klinische Pädiatrie |
Since 2016 | Associate Editor Frontiers Pediatrics |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers (10 out of 217, Scopus h-index: 34)
Berner R. Group B streptococcus vaccines: one step further. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;S1473-3099(20)30451-5.
Zürn K, Lander F, Hufnagel M, Monecke S,
Berner R. Microarray Analysis of Group B Streptococci Causing Invasive Neonatal Early- and Late-onset Infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020;39(5):449-453.
Armann JP, Diffloth N, Simon A, Doenhardt M, Hufnagel M …
Berner R. Hospital Admission in Children and Adolescents With COVID-19. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020;117(21):373-374.
Ziegler AG, Achenbach P,
Berner R, Casteels K, Danne T et al. Oral insulin therapy for primary prevention of type 1 diabetes in infants with high genetic risk: the GPPAD-POInT (global platform for the prevention of autoimmune diabetes primary oral insulin trial) study protocol. BMJ Open. 2019;9(6):e028578.
Ziegler AG, Hoffmann GF, Hasford J, Larsson HE, Danne T,
Berner R et al. Screening for asymptomatic β-cell autoimmunity in young children. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019;pii:S2352-4642(19)30028-8.
Toepfner N, Herold C, Otto O, Rosendahl P, Jacobi A …
Berner R et al. Detection of human disease conditions by single-cell morpho-rheological phenotyping of blood. Elife. 2018;7pii:e29213.
Moghaddas F, Zeng P, Zhang Y, Schützle H, Brenner S …
Berner R et al. Autoinflammatory mutation in NLRC4 reveals a leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-LRR oligomerization interface. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018;142(6):1956-1967.
Belard S, Toepfner N, Capan-Melser M, Mombo-Ngoma G, Zoleko-Manego R …
Berner R. Streptococcus agalactiae serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in pregnant women in Gabon, Central Africa. Sci Rep. 2015;5:17281.
Da Cunha V, Davies MR, Douarre PE, Rosinski-Chupin I, Margarit I …
Berner R et al. Streptococcus agalactiae clones infecting humans were selected and fixed through the extensive use of tetracycline. Nat Commun. 2014;5:4544.
Kruetzmann S, Rosado MM, Weber H, Germing U, Tournilac O …
Berner R et al. Human IgM memory B cells controlling Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are generated in the spleen. J Exp Med. 2003;197:939-945.
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