Ulrich Bienzle
Ulrich Bienzle (born January 10, 1939 in Jerusalem ; † March 17, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German tropical medicine specialist and until 2006 director of the Berlin Tropical Institute .
Life
After studying medicine, he went to Nigeria to work for two years at a mission organization and then at a research institute. This was followed by specialist training as a pediatrician and as a tropical medicine specialist with an assistantship at the Bernhard Nocht Institute in Hamburg . In the early 1980s he then took over the state vaccination center in West Berlin , which he expanded into the Berlin Institute for Tropical Medicine . His main research interests were malaria , leishmaniasis and other tropical infections, on which he has published in renowned publishers and specialist journals. He initiated the International Health master’s course .
Bienzle was buried on April 4, 2008 in the cemetery in Berlin-Nikolassee .
Honors
- 2005: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- J. Westhoff, A Fighter Against Aids , Tagesspiegel, March 20, 2008.
- Institute for Tropical Medicine
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| SURNAME | Bienzle, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tropical medicine specialist and director of the Berlin Tropical Institute |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 2008 |
| Place of death | Berlin |