Prof. Dr. Elke Schäffner, MSc
Deputy Director Institute of Public HealthCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
Campus / internal address:
Luisenstrasse 57
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Expertise
Renal Epidemiology: Berlin Initiative Study (BIS)
Vita Prof. Dr. Elke Schäffner, MSc
| Professional Career | |
| 2022 - | Endowed W3 Professorship for Nephrology and Health Care Research, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2022 - | Member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) |
| 2017 - | Deputy Director, Institut of Public Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2015 - | Professor for Public Health/Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2014 - | Appointment W2-Professorship for Public Health/Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2013 - | Co-Director Centre Virchow-Villermé for Public Health Paris-Berlin |
| 2009- | Principal Investigator "Berliner Initiative Studie (BIS)", Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in older adults (>70 years) |
| 2008 | Habilitation Internal Medicine |
| 2004 - 2015 | Research assistant, Department of Nephrology and Intensive care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
| 2002 | Chief Resident, Department of Nephrology, Universität Freiburg |
| 1999 – 2003 | Resident, Department of Nephrology, Universität Freiburg |
| 1999 - 2003 | Resident at Zentrum Klinische Studien (ZKS), Universität Freiburg |
| 1995 | Doctoral Degree, Albert - Ludwigs - Universität Freiburg |
| Education | |
| 2007 | Specialization in Nephrology |
| 2005 | Specialization in Internal Medicine |
| 2002 | Master of Science in Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA |
| 1999 | Approbation, Albert - Ludwigs - Universität Freiburg |
| 1998 | United States Medical Licensing Examination I/II |
| 1997 | Graduation from Medical School, Albert - Ludwigs - Universität Freiburg |
| 1990 | Graduation from High School |
Functions / offices
Committees:
- 2016-, Expert for the legislative procedure for a German Transplant Registry
- 2016-, Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Country Investigator
- 2015, Jury-Member INSERM Evaluation of the Public Health Research Center, University of Bordeaux
- 2015, External member PhD thesis "Kidney function in the elderly" by Karin Werner, University of Lund, Sweden
- 2013, External member PhD Jury "The diagnosis and outcome of chronic kidney disease in older persons" by Gijs van Pottelbergh; K.U. Leuven, Dpt. of Public Health and Primary Care
- 2010 Steering Committee member of German CKD Study
- 2010 Steering Committee member of KfH-funded network of cohort studies
- 2006-2009, Member of ERA-EDTA working group on coding and definitions of primary renal diseases
Memberships:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nephrologie
- Deutscher Hochschulverband
- European Dialysis and Transplant Association
- American Society of Nephrology
- International Society of Nephrology
- European CKD burden consortium
- CKD Prognosis Consortium
- International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort Studies (iNET CKD)
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