Babette Simon

Babette Simon (born October 20, 1960 in Düsseldorf ) is a German doctor and university lecturer .

Life

After her high school at the high school Klosterwald in Baden-Wuerttemberg studied Babette Simon from 1980 to 1986 Human Medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg / Basel Cantonal Hospital . In 1986 she completed her doctorate at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg.

After research stays at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA (1987 to 1990), she took over the establishment and management of the molecular biology research laboratory gastrointestinal oncology / endocrinology at the Clinic of the Philipps University in Marburg in 1990 . The main focus of research was molecular gastrointestinal oncology, in particular the identification of tumor-associated antigens and their importance for future tumor therapy. She completed her habilitation in 1998 at the University of Marburg and has been an adjunct professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Marburg since 2003. Simon is a specialist in internal medicine with a focus on gastroenterology . She also has the specialist knowledge of emergency services , radiation protection , the qualification of nutritional medicine and the European Diploma Gastroenterology. In 2005 she qualified for a Master of Science degree in Health Care Management at the University of Heidelberg / Mannheim with a thesis on the subject of "The Law on the Modernization of Statutory Health Insurance ( GKV Modernization Act ): Effects on the Financing of German University Hospitals". In 2006 she was elected Vice President of the Philipps University of Marburg and confirmed in office in 2009.

In February 2009 she was appointed by the Federal President to the Scientific Commission of the Science Council, where she worked in an advisory capacity until 2012 and in the Committee for Medicine until 2014. At the beginning of 2010 he was appointed to the Health Research Council of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ( BMBF ). In November 2009 Babette Simon was elected President of the University of Oldenburg. The then 49-year-old doctor took up her post on February 1, 2010. From 2012 to 2014, Babette Simon was the spokesperson for the Association of North German Universities . In 2011 she was appointed to the Senate of the Helmholtz Association for the research area health, in which she worked for two terms until 2016.

On January 9, 2014, the supervisory board of the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz appointed her to the Medical Board and appointed full-time CEO of the University Medical Center. In October 2017, Babette Simon took over the role of Regional Vice President and Managing Director of Medtronic GmbH at the medical technology company Medtronic and returned to science at the Paris Descartes / Faculté de Santé Université de Paris Faculty of Medicine in 2018 . Babette Simon is a member of the University Council of the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Fulda . She chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig Boltzmann Society in Austria, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geomar .

Babette Simon is married and has three children.

Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

• 1987–1989 Research Fellow of the German Research Foundation
• 1995: Inclusion in the Year Book of MEDICINE
• 1996: Inclusion in the Year Book of DIGESTIVE DISEASES
• 1996: Ingrid zu Solms Science Award
• 1999: Werner Creutzfeldt research grant
• 2012 AcademiaNet Robert-Bosch

Memberships, committee work

• 2007: Founding member of the Network Women in Visceral Medicine ( FIV ), the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases ( DGVS )
• 2008 DFG Commission, Research-Oriented Equal Opportunities Standards
• since 2008 Ingrid zu Solms Foundation, Board of Trustees
• since 2009 board member of the University of Fulda
• 2009 Founding member and board member of the University Association for the Qualification of Young Scientists in Germany (UniWind)
• 2009–2012 Scientific Commission of the Science Council
• 2009–2014 Medical Committee of the Science Council
• 2010–2012 Health Research Council, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• since 2017 jury member of the Universitas Prize for Science Journalism
• 2013–2018 member of the supervisory board of the Düsseldorf University Hospital
• 2011–2016 Senate of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers
• since 2013 Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig Boltzmann Society , Vienna
• since 2015 University Council of the Technical University of Dresden
• since 2013 Scientific Advisory Board of the Private Excellence Initiative Johanna Quandt, Charité Foundation
• since 2015 board member of the Rhein Main eV health economy
• since 2018 board of trustees Helmholtz Zentrum Geomar

Fonts

• Babette Simon: Identification of prominent esterases in rats after separation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and isoelectrofocusing , dissertation University of Freiburg im Breisgau 1987
• Babette Simon: Molecular regulation of the peptide hormone gastrin in the gastroenteropancreatic system , habilitation thesis, Department of Medicine, Philipps University Marburg, 1998
• Babette Simon: The Law for the Modernization of Statutory Health Insurance (GKV Modernization Law): Effects on the Financing of German University Hospitals , 2006

Web links

• Literature by and about Babette Simon in the catalog of the German National Library
• Babette Simon in the AcademiaNet database of renowned women scientists

Individual evidence

1. ↑ B Simon, DK Podolsky, G Moldenhauer, KJ Isselbacher, S Gattoni-Celli, SJ Brand: Epithelial glycoprotein is a member of a family of epithelial cell surface antigens homologous to nidogen, a matrix adhesion protein . Ed .: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. tape 87 , no. (7) , April 1990, pp. 2755-2759 .
2. ^ Marburg, University. Retrieved June 26, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Federal President appoints Prof. Dr. Babette Simon on Science Council . Press release from the University of Marburg. In: Informationsdienst Wissenschaft , February 2, 2009, accessed on January 23, 2010.
4. ↑ Duties and Offices. In: Deutsche Ärzteblatt . February 17, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012 . 
5. ↑ Volker Burggräf: President-designate Simon appointed to the Health Research Council of the BMBF . presse.uni-oldenburg.de. January 19, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
6. ↑ Volker Burggräf: " Helping to achieve appropriate validity": Interview with President Babette Simon . presse.uni-oldenburg.de. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
7. ↑ Presidential election: Senate votes for Babette Simon. 49-year-old doctor prevails against competitors. presse.uni-oldenburg.de, November 4, 2009, accessed on May 29, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Two top researchers newly appointed to the Senate of the Helmholtz Association 3.2.2011 / press release / Helmholtz Association
9. ↑ New appointments to the board of the Mainz University Medical Center: Prof. Dr. Babette Simon replaces Prof. Dr. Norbert Pfeiffer as CEO. Marion Hahn becomes the head of nursing on the website of the University Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, accessed on June 29, 2020
10. ↑ Mainz: The future chairwoman of the University Medical Center introduces herself - Babette Simon is the first woman to take over the university hospital on the website of the Rhein Main publishing group on January 10, 2014.
11. ↑ Babette Simon leaves the Mainz University Medical Center., On kma-online.de
12. ^ Institutionnel. Retrieved January 7, 2019 (fr-fr).