Environmental Health Center Institute of Environmental Medicine
„Environment“ is everything that is not „us“. There are a lot of factors that determine whether what surrounds us, our habits and way of life makes us healthier and happier or makes us sick. At IEM we are looking for what makes us healthy and resilient, and what lets us stay that way. Prevention is our main goal.
„Environment“ is everything that is not „us“. There are a lot of factors that determine whether what surrounds us, our habits and way of life makes us healthier and happier or makes us sick. At IEM we are looking for what makes us healthy and resilient, and what lets us stay that way. Prevention is our main goal.
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About our Research
We focus on basic research in the field of allergy, the microbiome of the skin and on easily accessible biomarkers, as indicators for example for allergies or sensitizations, or for the prediction of the severity of infections with Corona-Virus.
Outstanding scientists in the fields of Clinical Studies, Environmental Immunology, Human Exposure Science, Microbiology and Environmental Bioinformatics co-operate in our projects. We are working to improve methods of diagnosis, develop integrated and personalized strategies for prevention and therapy of chronic environmental diseases such as allergies or atopic eczema and improve people’s health within a perspective of Sustainable Health. The needs of the patients we see at the Outpatient Clinic of Environmental Health at Augsburg University Hospital are guidance in developing our research questions and the answers we find immediately are integrated into the treatment of our patients.
We focus especially on the consequences of man-made pollution and climate change or changing environmental conditions on our health and on our options to strengthen resilience and adaptation. We work for healthy people in healthy environments.
Scientists at IEM
Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
Director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine View profileDr. Matthias Reiger
Head of Research Management View profilePD Dr. Stefanie Gilles
Research Group Leader Environmental Immunology View profile
Prof. Dr. Avidan Neumann
Research Group Leader Environmental BioinformaticsDr. Claudia Hülpüsch
Junior Group Leader Functional Microbiomics View profileDr. Mehmet Gökkaya
Group Leader Immune Biomarker Group, Scientific Leader of Flow Cytometry Core Facility View profile
Dr. María Pilar Plaza García
Group Leader Human Exposure Science View profileDr. Victoria Fairweather
Project ManagerSandra Kosch
Project Coordinator PerForM-REACTNicole Pochert
Technical Leader Flow Cytometry Core FacilityDr. Melanie Pawlitzki
Scientific Writer, Media and CommunicationTanja Majewski
Secretary's Office; Personal Assistant of Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
Monika Seemann
Head of Study Centre
Dr. Alika Ludwig
Senior Physician
Daria Luschkova
Assistant Physician
Jamie Afghani
Student (PhD)Annika Eggestein
Student (PhD)
Selina Eisenbart
Medical-technical AssistantSwetlana Urban
Student (PhD)
Carina Gülzow
Deputy Director Study CenterCorinna Holetschek
Student (PhD)
Dipl.-Geogr. Sigrid Kaschuba
Technical AssistentLena Klepper
Biology Lab Technician
Verena Kügle
Student AssistantVivien Leier-Wirtz
Biological-technical Assistant
Aline Metz
Medical-technical AssistantContact
Tanja Majewski
Secretary's Office; Personal Assistant of Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann
- Telephone: +49 821 598 6424
- E-mail: Email me
Contact for Press Issues
Dr. Melanie Pawlitzki
Scientific Writer, Media and Communication
- Telephone: +49 821 598 6420
- E-mail: Email me