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Prof. Reinhard Berner, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Research focus

  • (Molecular) epidemiology of invasive bacterial and viral infections in children
  • Genetic predisposition to invasive infectious diseases
  • Screening and prevention of autoimmune diseases
  • Diagnostics and pathogenesis of rare autoinflammatory diseases

​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)

  1. Berner R. Group B streptococcus vaccines: one step further. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;S1473-3099(20)30451-5.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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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