Editors and authors for www.kinderkrebsinfo.de

Author:  Klaudia Reinken, Editor:  Dr. med. Gesche Tallen, Reviewer:  Prof. Dr. med. Ursula Creutzig, English Translation:  Hannah McRae, Last modification: 2019/09/12 https://kinderkrebsinfo.de/doi/e13281

No conflict of interest as per Guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has been declared by the editors.

Editor in Chief

Ursula Creutzig, MD, PhD, Professor of Paediatrics

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Born in 1946, Medical School in Marburg and Freiburg, Germany, 1972 PhD, 1978 Paediatrics Board Certification, since 1977 scientific staff member at the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, University of Münster, Germany, 1989 Research Award of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation, 1990 Professorship, 1980-1993 scientific staff member/coordinator of clinical trials at the German Cancer Society, since 1993 chair of the trial AML-BFM (childhood acute myeloid leukaemia-Berlin Frankfurt Münster), since 1996 Professor of Paediatrics/Paediatric Oncology at the University of Münster, since 1992 scientific manager of the Society for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology (GPOH), since 1999 coordinator of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH).

Associate Editor

Maria Yiallouros

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Born in 1960. Studies of languages (English, Spanish) and biology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. 1992 Diploma. 1992-1997 biologist at the Zoological Institute, University of Heidelberg and at CIBA Geigy, Basel, Switzerland. 1998-1999 editorial board member for "einblick" at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg. 1999-2004 scientific and medical journalist, editor and technical translator, also at the press office of the Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany and of the German Cancer Society in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2004 editor for www.kinderkrebsinfo.de.

Dipl. Biol. Maria Yiallouros Cha­rité - Uni­ver­si­täts­me­di­zin Ber­lin, Cam­pus Vir­chow-?Kli­ni­kum Kli­nik für Päd­ia­trie m.S. On­ko­lo­gie/Hä­ma­to­lo­gie Augustenburger Platz 1 13353 Berlin Telefon +49 30 450 566 835 Fax +49 30 450 566 906 maria.yiallouros@charite.de

Julia Dobke

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Born in 1966. Training as a paediatric nurse, studies in health care education at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany. Since 1986 active in public health inculding 12 years as a paediatric nurse in the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité Berlin and one year as a study nurse. Since 2003 member of the study centre of the trial ALL-REZ BFM in Berlin. Since 2005 also member of the project "OncoWorkstation" with the following foci: supply and maintenance of the study-protocols for paediatrics, performing training courses in hospitals and supervision of users in paediatrics. Since 2009 editor of the official website of the Dept. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité, Berlin. Since 2010 editor for www.kinderkrebsindo.de.

Julia Dobke Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Pädiatrische Klinik m. S. Onkologie, Hämatologie und SZT Augustenburger Platz 1 13353 Berlin Telefon +49 (30) 450 566 354 Fax +49 (30) 450 566 901 julia.dobke@charite.de

Ingrid Grüneberg

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Born in 1961. 1980-1986 German studies and studies of philosophy at the University of Hannover, Germany. 1986-1991 maternity leave. 1991-1993 training and degree in business management. 1993-2008 staff member of a Swiss insurance company. Since 2008 editor for www.kinderkrebsinfo.de and administrative assistant of the editor in chief, Prof. U. Creutzig.

Ingrid Grüneberg Cha­rité - Uni­ver­si­täts­me­di­zin Ber­lin, Campus Virchow Klinikum Kli­nik für Päd­ia­trie m.S. On­ko­lo­gie/Hä­ma­to­lo­gie Augustenburger Platz 1 13353 Berlin Telefon Arbeitsort Hannover + 49 (511) 604 66 77 Fax + 49 (511) 604 64 04 grueneberg@onlinehome.de

Günter Henze, MD, PhD, Honorary Doctor, Professor of Paediatrics

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Born in 1945, Medical School at the Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1972 PhD, Paediatrician at the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital, later University of Berlin. Focus: Treatment of children and adolescents with malignant diseases; design, realisation and analysis of multicentric clinical trials and phase I/II-trials for children with leukaemia and non-Hodgkin-lymphomas. 1981 Science-Award of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation, 1982 Professorship. 1983-2010 head of the trial ALL-REZ BFM for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - Berlin, Frankfurt, Münster. Since 1985 director of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology of the Children's Hospital, Free University Berlin, then director of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology of the Children's Hospital, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum. Since 1988 Professor for Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin. 1994-2001 Chair of the Society for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology (GPOH). 1997-2002 President of the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 1997 Honorary Doctor Laureateship. 1998 Fritz-Acker Science Award. 2007 Wilhelm-Warner-Award for Cancer Research. 2008 German Cross of Merit. 2009 German Cancer Award. From 1999 to 2009 representative of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH). Emeritus since April 2011.

Prof. Dr.med. Dr. h.c. Günter Henze Cha­rité - Uni­ver­si­täts­me­di­zin Ber­lin, Cam­pus Vir­chow-?Kli­ni­kum Kli­nik für Päd­ia­trie m.S. On­ko­lo­gie/Hä­ma­to­lo­gie Augustenburger Platz 1 13353 Berlin Telefon +49 030 450 566 132 Fax +49 030 450 566 906 guenter.henze@charite.de

Gesche Tallen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Paediatrics

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Born in 1967, Medical School in Münster and Hamburg, Germany. 1994 PhD. 1994-1998 scientific staff member, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. 1998-2000 postdoctoral subspecialty and research fellowship, Paediatric Oncology Program/Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada (scholarship of the German Cancer Foundation). 2000-2001 scholarship of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation. Since 2000 scientific staff member of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin. 2005 Paediatrics Board Certification. Clinical and scientific focus: paediatric neurooncology. Since 2002 member of the coordination centre of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH). June 2012 Board-Certified Paediatrician and Lecturer in Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany.

Assistant, translator

Hannah McRae

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Born 1993 and raised bilingually (German and English) in the USA. High School Graduation in Rochester, NY, USA in June 2011. October 2011-December 2011: biomedical research-internship in the Cancer-Aging-Research Lab of Prof. Karl Riabowol, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada. January - April 2012: clinical internship in the Saint-Elizabeth Hospital in Mettingen, Germany. Various internships in clinical medicine to follow until entering medschool at the University of Rochester, New York, USA, in fall 2012. Working as volunteer translator for www.kinderkrebsinfo.de from October 2011 until end of 2014.