Erika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius (born May 14, 1957 in Bonn ) is a German pediatrician and allergist who conducts research at the Helmholtz Center Munich and the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , among others . Her research interests include paediatrics, pediatric pneumology , allergology and epidemiology .
family
Her parents were Franz von Mutius and Hanna Elisabeth von Mutius; born Gazert. Her mother came from a family of doctors of northern German origin based in Partenkirchen . Her maternal grandfather was the German expedition doctor and medical adviser Hans Gazert ; his father was the medical advisor Ludolph Friedrich Gazert, who came from a family of merchants from Lüneburg.
Studies and career
Erika von Mutius studied human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich from 1976 to 1984 . From 1984 to 1992 he trained as a specialist in pediatrics at Dr. von Haunersches Children's Hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich with going through all general pediatric wards, the neonatal intensive care unit, the pediatric intensive care unit and the pediatric surgical outpatient department. In July 1992 she passed the specialist examination for pediatrics.
She was a senior physician at the Haunersches Children's Hospital and completed her habilitation in 1998. Since 2000, she has headed the Allergy and Asthma Department there. In 2004 she was appointed professor of paediatrics at the University of Munich. In 2017 she took over the management of the new Institute for Asthma and Allergy Research at the Helmholtz Center Munich .
research
She was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2013 for her fundamental findings on the causes of lung diseases in childhood - especially epidemiological studies on allergic asthma .
She was one of the first allergy researchers who found out after the fall of the 1989/90 reunification that, despite the poor environmental conditions caused by air pollution, there were only half as many allergies in the GDR as in the Federal Republic. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the level adjusted within a few years. Erika von Mutius suspects that the children had more contact with other children through their day care in day nurseries. In comparative studies, she was able to show that despite higher air pollution in Leipzig compared to Munich, the risk of asthma in children was not higher. She also found that children who grow up in the countryside and in contact with animals have a lower risk of allergies.
Awards and honors (selection)
- 1996: Award of the European Respiratory Society for Pediatric Respiratory Research in Europe
- 1999: Elliot Ellis Lectureship at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting
- 2004: Robert Sauer Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
- 2008: Europe Medal from the Bavarian State Chancellery
- 2010: Honorary Doctorate from Helsinki University
- 2013: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 2013: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2019: Balzan Prize
Memberships (selection)
- 2014: Member of the Leopoldina
- 2016: Member of the Academia Europaea
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)
Editorships
She is on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine and has edited the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and the European Respiratory Journal.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erika von Mutius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erika von Mutius in the AcademiaNet database of renowned women scientists
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erika von Mutius has a brother and a half-sister from your father's second marriage. Fam advertisement
- ^ University library of the TUHH: 120 years ago: Ludolph Gazert died. In: University Library. May 27, 2012, accessed June 5, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Biocom Ag: Asthma expert heads new institute. In: transkript.de. July 25, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .
- ↑ DFG - German Research Foundation - Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Winner 2013. Accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Katharina Meyer: In the GDR there were only half as many allergies as in the West. In: badische-zeitung.de. October 3, 2015, accessed June 5, 2019 .
- ^ The Academy: Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 7, 2016.
- ↑ Directory of members: Erika von Mutius. Academia Europaea, accessed on July 25, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mutius, Erika von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pediatrician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |