Councellor: Gabriela Riemekasten

M.D., PD — Head of the daily clinic of rheumatology, consultant at the Department of Medicine (Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology), Med. School Charité, Humboldt-University of Berlin.

Education

• 1983—1984 Pre-medical training in nursing in an intensive care unit of the local Hospital in Staßfurt
• 1984—1990 Studies of Medicine, Medical School Charité, Humboldt-University at Berlin
• 1988 Diploma with "magna cum laude"
• 1991 Thesis, titel of "Doctor medicinae" (M.D.), with "summa cum laude"
• 2001 Research work in the University of California Los Angeles, Dept. B.H. Hahn
• 2003 Postdoctoral thesis required for qualifacation as a university lecturer

Medical Training and Professional Positions

• 1990—1993 Training as an internist at the Department of Medicine (Director: Prof. Dr. H. Bernd), Medical School Charité, Humboldt-University)
• 1993—1997 Training as an internist and rheumatologist at the Department of Rheumatology
• 1997 Board certified physician (internist)
• 2000 Board certified rheumatologist
• 2001 Research work at the University of California Los Angeles
• 2003 consultant at the Department of Medicine, Med. School  Charité, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Head of the Daily Clinic

Memberships

• Berlin Society of Rheumatology
• German Society of Rheumatology
• American Congress of Rheumatology
• Comission for young academics of the Charité
• EUSTAR: European Scleroderma Trial And Research
• German and European Network for systemic sclerosis (DNSS and EUSTAR)
• Interdisciplinary study group on lupus erythematosus

Honors and Awards

• Research Award of the Charité (1992)
• MSD-Grant (2000) for research work at the University of California Los Angeles, Division of Rheumatology (Head: Dr. B.H. Hahn)   
• "Rahel Hirsch" — Grant for habilitation at the Humboldt-University Berlin
• Novartis Research Award 2003
• Wolfgang Schulze Grant 2003
• AERA Research Grant 2008
• Personal Research Grant Charité 2008

Primary Research Interest

• Humoral and cellular mechanisms in connective tissue diseases
• Autoantibodies, T-cells
• Tolerance mechanisms