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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Anna Köttgen |
Department: | Institute of Genetic Epidemiology Department of Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Bioinformatics |
Address: | Hugstetter Str. 49 79106 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 270 78050 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/genetic-epidemiology.html |
PhD positions available: | NO |
Research Area: | Molecular Medicine |
Research Interests: | - identification of genetic causes of chronic kidney disease, hyperuricemia and gout, and impaired electrolyte balance via genome-wide association studies and sequencing - changes in metabolite profiles of kidney disease patients using metabolomics - identification of risk factors for kidney disease progression and gout in large epidemiological cohort studies |
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Education & Training: | 2005-2006 M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA 2002-2003 Certificate of Philosophical Ethics, University Hagen, Germany 2002 Doctoral Thesis (Prof. Dr. Greger, Department of Physiology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany. Dissertation: Mechanisms of the CFTR-mediated Inhibition of the Epithelial Sodium Channel (summa cum laude)) 1994-2001 M.D., School of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany 2001 Full licensure to work as physician, German Medical Association 2003 USMLE II CK 2000 USMLE I |
Employment & Experience: | Since May 2017 - Director, Institute of Genetic Epidemiology Since January 2016 - Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg 2013 - Offer, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany 2010 - Group leader, Emmy Noether Research Group, Department of Nephrology, Freiburg University School of Medicine, Germany. 2009 – Study Site Director, German Chronic Kidney Disease Study, together with Prof. Dr. G. Walz (Dept. of Nephrology). 10/2009 - Assistant Professor - Adjunct, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. 2009 Offer as Assistant Professor (tenure track), Departments of Epidemiology/Biostatistics and Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. 2008-09 Assistant Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. 2006-08 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The German Research Foundation, Department of Epidemiology, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. Academic mentors: Josef Coresh, MD PhD, WH Linda Kao, PhD MHS 2005-06 Student Research, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University. 2000-01 Medical Practical Year, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany. |
Scientific Activities: | Professional activities Society memberships: 2006- American Heart Association 2007- American Society of Nephrology 2008- American Society of Human Genetics 2010- German Society of Epidemiology Editorial activities Peer Review Activities: Nature Genetics, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Diabetes, Archives of Internal Medicine, Circulation, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Kidney International, Science Translational Medicine, Atherosclerosis, Nature Reviews Nephrology, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. |
Honors
Honors and Awards: |
2017 Franz-Volhard-Preis of the German Society of Nephrology |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Pattaro C, Teumer A, Gorski M, Chu AY, Li M, Mijatovic V, Garnaas M, ..., Köttgen A, Kao WH, Fox CS. Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function. Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 21;7:10023. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10023. Abstract Köttgen A, Albrecht E, Teumer A, Vitart V, Krumsiek J, Hundertmark C, Pistis G, Ruggiero D, O’Seaghdha CM, Haller T, Yang Q, Tanaka T, Johnson AD, Kutalik Z, Smith AV, Shi J, Struchalin M, Middelberg RPS, Brown MJ, Gaffo AL, Pirastu N, Li G, Hayward C, Zemunik T, Huffman J, Yengo L, Zhao JH, Demirkan A, Feitosa MF, Liu X, Malerba G, Lopez LM, van der Harst P, Li X, Kleber ME, Hicks AA, Nolte IM, Johansson A, Murgia F, Wild SH, Bakker SJL, Peden JF, Dehghan A, Steri M, Tenesa A, Lagou V, Salo P, Mangino M, Rose LM, Lehtimäki T, Woodward OM, Okada Y, Tin A, Müller C, Oldmeadow C, Putku M, Czamara D, Kraft P, Frogheri L, Thun GA, Grotevendt A, Gislason GK, Harris TB, Launer LJ, McArdle P, Shuldiner AR, Boerwinkle E, Coresh J, Schmidt H, Schallert M, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Kubo M, Nakamura Y, Tanaka T, Munroe PB, Samani NJ, Jacobs Jr DR, Liu K, D'Adamo P, Ulivi S, Rotter JI, Psaty BM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Campbell S, Devuyst O, Navaro P, Kolcic I, Hastie N, Balkau B, Froguel P, Esko T, Salumets A, Khaw KT, Langenberg C, Wareham NJ, Isaacs A, Kraja A, Zhang Q, Wild PS, Scott RJ, Holliday EG, Org E, Viigimaa M, Bandinelli S, Metter JE, Lupo A, Trabetti E, Sorice R, Döring A, Lattka E, Strauch K, Theis F, Waldenberger M, Wichmann HE, Davies G, Gow AJ, Bruinenberg M, LifeLines Cohort Study, Stolk RP, Kooner JS, Zhang W, Winkelmann BR, Boehm BO, Lucae S, Penninx BW, Smit JH, Curhan G, Mudgal P, Plenge RM, Portas L, Persico I, Kirin M, Wilson JF, Leach IM, van Gilst WH, Goel A, Ongen H, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Imboden M, von Eckardstein A, Cucca F, Nagaraja R, Piras MG, Nauck M, Schurmann C, Budde K, Ernst F, Farrington SM, Theodoratou E, Prokopenko I, Stumvoll M, Jula A, Perola M, Salomaa V, Shin SY, Spector TD, Sala C, Ridker PM, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Hengstenberg C, Nelson CP, the CARDIoGRAM Consortium, the DIAGRAM Consortium, the ICBP Consortium, the MAGIC Consortium, Meschia JF, Nalls MA, Sharma P, Singleton AB, Kamatani N, Zeller T, Burnier M, Attia J, Laan M, Klopp N, Hillege HL, Kloiber S, Choi H, Pirastu M, Tore S, Probst-Hensch NM, Völzke H, Gudnason V, Parsa A, Schmidt R, Whitfield JB, Fornage M, Gasparini P, Siscovick DS, Polasek O, Campbell H, Rudan I, Bouatia-Naji N, Metspalu A, Loos RJF, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Ferrucci L, Gambaro G, Deary IJ, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Chambers JC, März W, Pramstaller PP, Snieder H, Gyllensten U, Wright AF, Navis G, Watkins H, Witteman JCM, Sanna S, Schipf S, Dunlop MG, Tönjes A, Ripatti S, Soranzo N, Toniolo D, Chasman DI, Raitakari O, Kao WH, Ciullo M, Fox CS, Caulfield M, Bochud M, Gieger C. Multiple Novel Loci Highlighting Metabolic Control of Urate Production and Excretion are Associated with Gout. Nat Genet. 2012 Dec 23. doi: 10.1038/ng.2500. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Nora Scherer (since May 2021) |