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Prof. Dr. med. Kirsten Minden

Programme Area 2, PA 2 – Epidemiology and Health Services Research

Group leader: Paediatric Rheumatology and Health services research

Liaison working group with Charité - Dep. of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine

+49 (0)30 28460-669

minden@drfz.de

Scientific Background

Since 2024
Principal investigator of the German Center for child and adolescent health

Since 2015
Professor of Health Services Research in Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department for Pediatrics, Division Pneumology, Immunology and Intensive Medicine

Since 2009
Head of the Pediatric Rheumatology group at the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungs-zentrum Berlin (DRFZ)

2012
Venia Legendi (Privatdozent), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

1989
MD thesis (Dr. med.), orthopedics, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

1985
Diploma thesis (Dipl. med.), anatomy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2006
Board certification in Pediatric rheumatology

1996
Board certification in Pediatrics and adolescent medicine

1992
Medical License

1982-1990
Medical School, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Since 2006
Consultant in pediatric rheumatology, Centre for Chronically Sick Children, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2003-2006
Senior physician, Children´s hospital, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch

Since 2001
Scientist at DRFZ

Since 2000
PI in more than 20 clinical phase II-IV trials in pediatric rheumatology

1996-2003
Consultant/Attending physician for pediatric rheumatology, Children´s hospital, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch

1992-1996
Residency General Pediatrics, 2nd Children’s Hospital Berlin-Buch

1990-1992
AiP (Doctor in internship), 2nd Children’s Hospital Berlin-Buch

Society for Pediatric Rheumatology (GKJR): board member, speaker of the working group “Transition” and speaker of the commission “Education, health care provision and quality assurance”

German Society of Pediatrics (DGKJ)

German Society of Rheumatology and Immunology (DGRh)

Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transitionsmedizin (DGfTM)

German Network Health Services Research (DNVF)

Deutsche Rheuma-Liga (DRL)

Initiative for the child with rheumatism: board member

Member of the board of trustees of Deutsche Kinder-Rheumastiftung

Editorial Board RMD Open

Peer reviewing activity (last 5 years): ACR online; Akt Rheumatol; Arthritis Care Res; Arthritis Rheum; BMJ; Clin Exp Rheumatol; Eur J Pediatr; Exp Opin Biol; J Clin Pharm Ther; J Pediatr; Immunol Res; J Rheum; Lancet; Lancet Rheumatol; Nat Rev Rheumatol; Pediatrics; Ped drugs; Pediatr Rheumatol Online J; Rheumatology (Oxford); RMD Open; Sci Rep; Semin Arthritis Rheum; SMW; Transition Med; Z Rheumatol

TOP 5 PUBLICATIONS

Anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results of an outpatient screenin Milatz F, Klotsche J, Niewerth M, …, Minden K. Anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results of an outpatient screening. Arthritis Res Ther 2024 Apr 10;26(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s13075-024-03312-x.
Adherence, helpfulness and barriers to treatment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis – data from a German Inception cohort Kirchner S, Klotsche J, Liedmann I, et al. Adherence, helpfulness and barriers to treatment in juvenile idiopathic arthritis – data from a German Inception cohort. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2023 Apr 12;21(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12969-023-00811-0.
A prospective analysis of the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and health care among children with a chronic condition and their families: a study protocol of the KICK-COVID study Warschburger P, Kamrath C, Lanzinger S, …, Minden K. A prospective analysis of the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and health care among children with a chronic condition and their families: a study protocol of the KICK-COVID study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 Mar 22;23(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12887-023-03912-7.
Medication burden in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: data from a multicentre observational study Montag LJ, Horneff G, Hoff P, …, Minden K. Medication burden in young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: data from a multicentre observational study. RMD Open 2022 Oct;8(2):e002520. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002520.
Burden of comorbid conditions in children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a collaborative analysis of 3 JIA registries Kearsley-Fleet L, Klotsche J, van Straalen JW, et al. Burden of comorbid conditions in children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a collaborative analysis of 3 JIA registries. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 May 30;61(6):2524-2534. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab641.

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