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Dr. Louise Fritsche

Team Leader Clinical Study Center

“My research focus is gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the non-genetic transmission of metabolic risk to the next generation ("transgenerational diabetes"). GDM not only affects the mother during pregnancy but can have a lasting impact on the health and development of the child.”

“My research focus is gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the non-genetic transmission of metabolic risk to the next generation ("transgenerational diabetes"). GDM not only affects the mother during pregnancy but can have a lasting impact on the health and development of the child.”

Academic Pathway & Research Area

From 01/00 -12/ 05 she studied Study of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

From 01/06-07/06 she worked as a student assistant at the University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart finishing up a project about substitution of fat-soluble vitamins in children with Cystic fibrosis. After that she conducted her PhD-thesis from 08/06 - 10/10 at the lab of Prof. Erwin Schleicher and Prof. Cora Weigert at the University of Hohenheim/Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

After her maternal leave she began working at the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany as a scientist and study coordinator.

Since 02/13 she is working as scientist at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen. In 2015 she was appointed team lead of the Study Center Diabetology of the IDM.

Fields of Work and Expertise

Gestational Diabetes MellitusFetal programmingModulation of insulin sensitivity and insulin secretionProlactin  Incretins 

Professional Background

2015

Teamlead Study Center Diabetology

2013

Scientist IDM

2011

Scientist Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Angiology, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry

Honors and Awards

  • Prof. Rainer Wild Award
    2006

  • Hellmut-Mehnert-Projektförderung
    2020

Publications

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2021 BMJ Journals

Louise Fritsche, Julia Hummel, Robert Wagner, Dorina Löffler, Julia Hartkopf, Jürgen Machann, Johannes Hilberath, Konstantinos Kantartzis, Peter Jakubowski, Jan Pauluschke-Fröhlich, Sara Brucker, Sebastian Hörber, Hans-Ulrich Häring, Michael Roden, Annette Schürmann, Michele Solimena, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, Andreas Peter, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Hubert Preissl, Andreas Fritsche, Martin Heni

The German Gestational Diabetes Study (PREG), a prospective multicentre cohort study: rationale, methodology and design