Coordinator
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Prof. Dr. med. S. Herold, PhD
(RA „Imbalanced Inflammation & Infection“)Head
Clinical Section of Infectious Diseases
University Hospital Gießen & Marburg
Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
Klinikstrasse 33
D – 35392 Gießen
Susanne.herold@innere.med.uni-giessen.de
- Prof. Dr. med. S. Herold, PhD (representing the RA „Imbalanced Inflammation & Infection“. SUSANNE HEROLD IS W3 PROFESSOR FOR PULMONARY INFECTIONS AT THE JLU-FM, COORDINATOR OF THE CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT KFO309 (VIRUS-INDUCED LUNG INJURY) AND HEAD OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE II OF THE UKGM. SHE IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PULMONARY MEDICINE. HER RESEARCH HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE PATHOMECHANISMS OF PNEUMONIA-INDUCED ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND REPAIR AND HAS DELIVERED THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES NOW BEING TESTED IN INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED CLINICAL PHASE II/III TRIALS IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19 AND BEYOND. SHE IS FUNDED IN MULTIPLE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT GRANTS (SFB-TR84, SFB1021, KFO309, NUM), INVOLVED IN MANY INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, AND HOLDS AN APPOINTMENT AS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (DGI) AND COORDINATOR OF THE DISEASE AREA “PNEUMONIA AND ARDS” OF THE DZL, AND FACULTY MEMBER OF THE EXCELLENCE CLUSTER CPI. SHE IS A LECTURER AT THE JLU-FM AND IN THE MBML GRADUATE PROGRAM, AND HAS BEEN A SUPERVISOR OF SEVERAL DR. MED. STUDENTS AND 14 PHD AND MD/PHD STUDENTS, OUT OF WHICH MANY GRADUATED summa cum laude.