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Professor Dr
Annette Grüters-Kieslich
Senator of the Section Gynaecology and Paediatrics
| Year of election: | 2011 |
| Section: | Gynaecology and Paediatrics |
| City: | Berlin |
| Country: | Germany |
Research
Annette Grüters-Kieslich is renowned for her many important contributions to the field of endocrinology.
Her work has provided important scientific contributions to both the molecular pathogenesis in rare congenital developmental disorders of the endocrine system and the pathophysiology and treatment of rare forms of childhood obesity. She currently focuses her research on the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of biodevelopmentally important genes and also studies of the structure and function of G-protein coupled receptors.
Career
- since 2017 Medical Director and Chair, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- 2015-2017 Director, Klinik für Pädiatrie der Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- 2013-2015 Board Member, Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung
- 2008-2015 Dean, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- 2005-2008 Head, Centrum für Frauen-, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin mit den Genetischen Instituten der Charité, Berlin
- 1998–2008 Head, Pädiatrische Endokrinologie an der Charité, Berlin
- since 1998 Professor, Pädiatrische Endokrinologie der Medizinischen Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 1991 Habilitation
- 1982 PhD