Jochen Kalden CV
Degrees:
| 1966 | MD, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| 1973 | Habilitation (PD), Venia legendi for Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine,
Department of Internal Medicine. Medical School Hannover, Germany |
| 1977 | Appointment as Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Department of
Internal Medicine III and the Institute for Clinical Immunology, Medical Faculty, University Erlangen, German |
Positions held:
| 1967 – 1970 | Research Fellow at the Department of Therapeutics, University of Edinburgh and the
Medical Research Council’s Clinical Endocrinology Unit, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (NATO Research Fellowship) including repeated visits at the NIH Bethesda, Washington/USA |
| 1970 – 1973 | Assistant in the Department for Internal Medicine, Medical School Hannover, Germany |
| 1973 | Specialization for Internal Medicine |
| 1974 – 1976 | Consultant Physician at the Department for Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Medical School Hannover, Germany |
| 1977 – 2006 | Director, Department of Internal Medicine III and Institute for Clinical Immunology,
Medical Faculty, University Erlangen, Germany |
| 2006 | Director emeritus, Department of internal Medicine II and Institute for Clinical
Immunology, Medical Faculty, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, German |
| Present | Member of the Divison for Molecular Immunology, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center,
Glueckstrasse 6, 91054 Erlangen |
Teaching:
| 1970 – 977 | Medical School Hannover, Germany |
| 1977 – 2006 | Medical School Erlangen, Germany |
| 1982 – 1991 |
Memberships in national and international scientific committees:
| 1982 – 1991 |
1982 – 1991 Member of the Senatskommission for Cancer Research, German Research Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft”
1983 – 1990 President of the Gesellschaft für Immunologie, Co-Chairman of the organizing
Committee for the 7th International Congress for Immunology, Berlin 1989
1986 – 1992 Chairman of the WHO/IUIS Standardization Committee (International Union of Immunogical Societies)
1992 – 1996 Vice-Chairman of the WHO/IUIS Standardization Committee
1986 – 1992 Member of the Scientific Board “Analytica”, München
1987 – 1996 Member of the Scientific Board of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut Frankfurt/Main
1986 – 1994 Member “Board of Trustees“ Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, Berlin, and
Member of the Founding Committee of the „Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum,
Berlin
1994 – 2003 President of the “Board of Trustees” Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum, Berlin
1989 – 1998 Chairman of the “International Scientific Committee” of the German Cancer
Research Center, Heidelberg (DKFZ)
1991 – 1997 Member “Kuratorium Sandoz Foundation for Therapeutic Research”
1991 – 2016 Member and later Chairman of the GlaxoSmithKline Stiftung
1992 – 1995 Member “Scientific Board of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine”,
Hamburg
1992 – 1998 Council Member of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS)
1993 – 2008 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Paul Ehrlich Society (Prestigious Paul Ehrlich Award for Medicine)
1993 – 1994 President of the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Rheumatologie
1994 – 2010 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Carol Nachman Award in Wiesbaden
1999 – 2010 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carol Nachman Award in Wiesbaden
2010 – present Honorary President of the Board of Trustees of the Carol Nachman Award in Wiebaden (most prestigious award in Rheumatology)
1993 – 1995 Member of the Abstract Committee of American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
1993 Member of the ACR Annual Meeting Planning Committee: International Relations
1996 – 1999 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bundesgesundheitsforschungsrat,
BMBF (German Ministry for Science and Technology)
1997 – 2001 Member of the Scientific Board, Forschungsinstitut Borstel
2001 – 2003 Chairman of the Scientific Board, Forschungsinstitut Borstel
1997 – 1999 Member of the Presidental Committee for Clinical Research, Max-Planck Society
1997 – 1999 Chairman of the Standing Committee for Clinical Trials of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
1997 – 2003 Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board: Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical
Research, University Münster
1999 Member of a delegation of the German Federal Republic Government to explore
scientific cooperation programmes with the Polish Academy of Science, the Polish
Society for Rheumatology and the Polish Society for Immunology
1999 – 2003 Member of the Board of Trustees, Wilhelm-Sander Stiftung, Munich
2000 – 2005 Chairman of the Association of the Interdisciplinary Centers for Clinical Research in
Germany
1999 – 2001 President Elect of EULAR
2001 – 2003 President of EULAR
2003 – 2005 Past President of EULAR
2005 – 2014 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (Bundesgesundheitsforschungsrat, BMFT
German Ministry for Science and Technology)
2003 – present Member of the German Academy of Science Leopoldina, Chairman of the Section Internal Medicine (2012-2016 Member of the Senate)
2006 – 2012 Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Immunodeficiencies, University of Freiburg
2006 – present Member of the International Advisory Board of the Hannover Biomedical Research School, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
2006 – present Member of the Organizing Committee of the Autumn School of the German Society for Immunology
2006 – 2012 Member of the International Advisory Board of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds and the Leeds Musculoskelettal Biomedical Research Unit
2008 – present Member of the Founding Committee together with Prof. Reinhard Andreesen and Prof. Daniela Männel, both University Regensburg, of the Bayerisches Immuntherapie-Netzwerk
Memberships in national and international scientific societies:
01. – British Society for Immunology
02. – American Association for Immunology
03. – New York Academy of Science
04. – American College of Rheumatology
05. – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin,
06. – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie
07. – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie
08. – Gesellschaft Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Medizin
09. – International Interferon Society
10. – Deutsche Gesellschaft der Freunde des Weizmann Instituts
11. – Henry Kunkel Society
Advisory activities for medical faculties and medical schools:
1997 Consultant for the Ministry for Science (Saxonia) regarding the privatization of the Medical School Leipzig
2000 Consultant for the Medical Faculty Bonn, regarding the development of a specific
clinical-scientific profile
2001 Advisor of the Medical Faculty Mainz regarding the re-organzation of the Medical
School associated with the definition of special focusses in clinical and basic research activities
Memberships in Advisory/Editorial Boards:
– Editor Rheumatology International
– Journal of Clinical and Experimental Immunology
– Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry
– Immunobiology
– Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Immunology
– Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
– Rheumatology Review
– Lupus Journal
– Molecular Medicine
– Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
– Arthritis and Rheumatism
– Therapiehandbuch (Section Editor)
– Qualitätssicherung in der Rheumatologie
– Rationelle Diagnostik und Therapie in der Inneren
Medizin (Section Editor: Rheumatology and Immunology)
– Acta Reumatológica Portuguesa
– Japan Journal of Rheumatology
– Autoimmunity Reviews
– International Journal of Advances in Rheumatology
– Clinical Rheumatology
– ILAR Journal of Rheumatology
– Journal of Clinical Research
– Future Rheumatology
– Japan College of Rheumatology: Modern Rheumatology
– International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Advisory and review activities:
– DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
– Volkswagen Foundation
– BMBF (Ministry for Science and Technology)
– Deutscher Wissenschaftsrat
– Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
– Swiss National Fonds
– Österreichischer National Fonds
– Sander Foundation
– Dr. M. Scheel-Foundation
– The Welcome Trust
– Irish National Fund
– Dutch Arthritis Foundation
– Human Frontier Science Program
– German-Israeli Foundation
– British Arthritis Foundation
– Swedish Medical Council
– Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Awards and honors:
1976 Georg Zimmerman Award for Cancer Research, Medical School Hannover
1995 The Ninth Autoimmunity Day, in honor of Prof. J. R. Kalden Israel Society of Immunology and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1996 Kare Berglund Lecture, University Lund, Sweden
1997 Dr. Franziscus-Blondel-Medaille, Aachen
1998 Honorary doctorate of the Medical Faculty Charité Berlin
2003 Master of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
2005 Honorary doctorate of the Medical Faculty Lund, Sweden
2005 International Rheumatology Award of the Japanese College for Rheumatology
2006 AESKU prize for Life Contribution to Autoimmunity, Sorrento, Italy
2007 EULAR Meritorious Award, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Honorary doctorate of the Medical School Hannover, Germany
2013 Carol Nachman Medal Award in Wiesbaden, Germany
1996 Honorary member of the Romanian Society for Rheumatology
2002 Honorary member of the German Society for Immunology
2003 Honorary member of the Austrian Society for Rheumatology
2004 Honorary member of the Germany Society for Rheumatology
2005 Honorary membership of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
2006 Honorary Member of the Czech Society for Rheumatology
2007 Honorary member of the Association of Rheumatologists of Russia
2008 Honorary ambassador of the Societas Rheumatologica Europea
2009 Honorary member of the Slovenian Society for Rheumatology
1996 Honorary speaker, 5th International Symposium of Japan Rheumatism Foundation
1997 Visiting Professor, Mc Gill University, Montreal
2002 Visiting Professor of the Department of Rheumatology of the Second Shanghai Medical University
2004 The Caposy Langsteiner Lecture of Rheumatology, Vienna General Hospital, Medical
University Vienna
2007 Visiting Professor at the Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, Imperial College London
2007 Albrecht Hasinger Lecture, Deutsches Rheumaforschungszentrum Berlin
1996 Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany)
1998 Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
1999 Bayerischer Verdienstorden, München
2002 – present Member of the National Academy Leopoldina, Halle/Germany
International educational activities
1988 – 1999 Faculty member of various IUIS/EFIS summer schools in Romania, Lithuania, Estonia,
Latvia and Poland
1995 – present Initiation of an Exchange Programme for young rheumatologists between ACR and
EULAR (together with P. Lipsky, Dallas/Washington)
2001 Organisation of a forum for young rheumatologists from the APLAR region in the Annual EULAR Conference in Prague
2002 Within the frame of EULAR co-responsibility and co-organization of the
EULAR Postgraduate Course in 2002 in Budapest
2002 Development of a Graduate College for young Polish immunologists/rheumatologists
(together with H.-M. Jäck, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)
2003 – 2009 Co-chairman together with Stefano Bombardieri, Pisa of the bi-annual EULAR Course on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Italy
Activities within the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
1987 – 1996 Successful implementation of two Max-Plank Clinical Research Groups at the Department of Internal Medicine III (Group I: Rheumatology/Prof. F. Emmrich, Group II: Cell-Matrix Interaction/Prof. K. von der Mark)
1992 Initiator (together with Prof. M. Röllinghoff) and speaker of a specific Research Grant (SFB 263 of the German Research Foundation): Immunologic Mechanisms in Infection, Inflammation and Autoimmunity
1996 Initiator (together with Prof. M. Röllinghoff) and speaker of the Interdiciplinary Center for Clinical Research. Inflammatory processes: pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapies
1998 – 2005 Member of the Senat of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
2007 – present Member of the Forschungsstiftung Medizin at the University Hospital Erlangen
Organization and co-organization of numerous national and international scientific workshops and congreses related to rheumatology/immunology.
More than 600 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals.
More than 40 text book contributions or editorial activities.