Ania Muntau

Ania Carolina Muntau (* 1965 in Sorengo , Ticino ) is a German - Swiss pediatrician . She has headed the Clinic for Pediatric Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) since 2014 . Her main field of work is research into genetic diseases in children, especially congenital metabolic disorders . She has also been researching Covid-19 disease in children since 2020 .

Career

Muntau studied medicine from 1984 to 1990 at the Ludwig Maximilians University ( LMU ) in Munich . She then completed her specialist training and, as a scholarship holder, trained in biochemical genetics and molecular biology .

In 2000 she was recognized as a specialist in pediatrics . After a year at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry at the University of Bochum , Ania Mantau returned to Munich and worked as a postdoc at the Dr. von Haunersches Children's Hospital of the LMU. From 2004 to 2014 she was head of the Department of Molecular Pediatrics and project manager within the Bavarian Network for Genome Research (BayGene).

In 2006 Muntau was appointed Professor of Molecular Pediatrics . From 2007 to 2014 she was also a project manager for the LMUexcellence initiative. In 2014, Ania Mantau was appointed director of the UKE's Clinic for Child and Adolescent Medicine in Hamburg .

Awards and memberships awarded

• Research grant from the German Research Foundation (2001-2005)
• Adalbert Czerny Prize (2004)
• Honorary Mention, Nature Awards for Mentoring and Science (2008)
• Therese von Bayern Prize (2012)
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (since 2015)

Publications (selection)

• (Ed.): 50 cases of pediatrics: From clinic & practice. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-437-43302-3 .
• Pediatrics high 2. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-437-43481-5 .
• Short textbook pediatrics. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-437-43245-3 .
• Intensive course in pediatrics. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-437-43393-1 .
• Pediatrics cheat sheet. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-437-41665-1 .
• with Julia K. Kaust: Last Minute Pediatrics. Elsevier / Urban and Fischer Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-437-43008-4 .

Web links

• Coronavirus in children: "We're looking at how the disease spreads in families." Interview with Nike Heinen. In: The time . May 13, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020.
• Doctor profile Anja C. Murnau on the website of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Award ceremony Professor Ania Muntau receives an award for her mentoring work. Website of the Children's Clinic and Children's Polyclinic in the Dr. from Haunersche Children's Hospital, November 4, 2008, accessed on June 21, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Ania C. Muntau. (PDF) Website of the Leopoldina, accessed on June 20, 2020.
2. ↑ Older children are more likely to have antibodies against Sars-CoV-2. In: The world . June 19, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020.
3. ↑ Prof. Dr. Anja C. Muntau. Hamburg Tourismus GmbH's Healthcare Hamburg website , accessed on June 20, 2020.