Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Berner

Research focus

(Molecular) epidemiology of invasive bacterial and viral infections in children
Genetic predisposition to invasive infectious diseases
Screening and prevention of autoimmune diseases
Diagnostics and pathogenesis of rare autoinflammatory diseases

Curriculum Vitae

	Berner, Reinhard, MD, Professor of Pediatrics
Official position	Chairman and Director, Department of Pediatrics Chairman, University Center for Rare Diseases (USE)
Institution	University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Business address	Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307 Dresden

Academic education and degrees

1983-1989	Studies in Medicine, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany and University of Caen, France
1990	Medical Doctor, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany
1989-1991	Research Fellow, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Germany
1991-1997	Residency in Pediatrics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany
1997	Scholarship, Ludwig-Institute for Cancer Research (ISREC), Lausanne Branch, Epalinges, Switzerland
2000	Postdoctoral lecture qualification (venia legendi) in Pediatrics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg, Germany

Professional career

2003-2011	Vice-Chairman and Deputy Director, Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
2007-2011	Chairman, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Vaccinology, Centre for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
2009-2011	Board Member, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
2010-2011	Board Member, Center for Infectious Diseases (ZI), University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Since 2012	Chairman and Director, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Since 2013	Chairman, Committee on Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Since 2015	Chairman, University Center for Rare Diseases (USE), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Honors, awards and positions

2005-2009 and 2015-2017	President and Vice-President German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI)
Since 2012	Board Member German Society for Pediatrics (DGKJ)
Since 2012 and Since 2018	Board Member and Vice-President, Saxonian-Thuringian Society for Pediatrics (STGKJM)
2018-2019	Board Member German Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GPR)
2004-2010	Appointed Member Commission on Drug Prescription (BfArM)
Since 2009	Appointed Member Commission on Drugs in Children - KAKJ (BfArM)
2006-2012	Appointed Member Commission on Influenza Pandemics (RKI)
Since 2020	Appointed Member Scientific Advisory Board Modelling COVID-19 Vaccine - ImVaCov (RKI)
1999	DPC Academy Research Award
2000	Friedrich-Linneweh-Award (DGKJ)
2000	Research Award (DGPI)

Current journal editorial positions

Since 2010	Associate Editor, Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde
Since 2012	Associate Editor, Klinische Pädiatrie
Since 2016	Associate Editor Frontiers Pediatrics

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 217, Scopus h-index: 34)

Berner R. Group B streptococcus vaccines: one step further. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;S1473-3099(20)30451-5.

Zürn K, Lander F, Hufnagel M, Monecke S, Berner R. Microarray Analysis of Group B Streptococci Causing Invasive Neonatal Early- and Late-onset Infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020;39(5):449-453.

Armann JP, Diffloth N, Simon A, Doenhardt M, Hufnagel M … Berner R. Hospital Admission in Children and Adolescents With COVID-19. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020;117(21):373-374.

Ziegler AG, Achenbach P, Berner R, Casteels K, Danne T et al. Oral insulin therapy for primary prevention of type 1 diabetes in infants with high genetic risk: the GPPAD-POInT (global platform for the prevention of autoimmune diabetes primary oral insulin trial) study protocol. BMJ Open. 2019;9(6):e028578.

Ziegler AG, Hoffmann GF, Hasford J, Larsson HE, Danne T, Berner R et al. Screening for asymptomatic β-cell autoimmunity in young children. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019;pii:S2352-4642(19)30028-8.

Toepfner N, Herold C, Otto O, Rosendahl P, Jacobi A … Berner R et al. Detection of human disease conditions by single-cell morpho-rheological phenotyping of blood. Elife. 2018;7pii:e29213.

Moghaddas F, Zeng P, Zhang Y, Schützle H, Brenner S … Berner R et al. Autoinflammatory mutation in NLRC4 reveals a leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-LRR oligomerization interface. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018;142(6):1956-1967.

Belard S, Toepfner N, Capan-Melser M, Mombo-Ngoma G, Zoleko-Manego R … Berner R. Streptococcus agalactiae serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility in pregnant women in Gabon, Central Africa. Sci Rep. 2015;5:17281.

Da Cunha V, Davies MR, Douarre PE, Rosinski-Chupin I, Margarit I … Berner R et al. Streptococcus agalactiae clones infecting humans were selected and fixed through the extensive use of tetracycline. Nat Commun. 2014;5:4544.

Kruetzmann S, Rosado MM, Weber H, Germing U, Tournilac O … Berner R et al. Human IgM memory B cells controlling Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are generated in the spleen. J Exp Med. 2003;197:939-945.