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Group Leader
Dr. Johanna Callhoff
 

Group Leader

Dr. Johanna Callhoff

Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin
Ein Leibniz Institut
Versorgungsforschung
Dr. Johanna Callhoff
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
Johanna.Callhoff@drfz.de
Scientific career
  • Since December 2023 Group Leader Health Services Research German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit
  • Since 2021 Postdoc, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics (in addition to DRFZ post doc position)
  • Since 2019 PI of the National Database of the Arthritis Centres (Kerndokumentation der kooperativen regionalen Rheumazentren)
  • Since 2015 Postdoc, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit (Head of Department Prof. A. Zink)
  • Since 2011 Researcher, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit (Head of Department Prof. A. Zink)

 

Education
  • 2015 Award of Doctorate, doctoral thesis “Examination of physical function status under biologic and basic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis”
  • 2008-2011 Universität Bremen, Master of Science in Medical Biometry/Bioastatistics
  • 2005 – 2008 Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Boards and Memberships
  • Member of the German Biometric Society
  • Member of the German Epidemiologic Society
  • Member of the German Society for Rheumatology
  • Member of the Committee for Digital Rheumatology, German Society for Rheumatology
  • Member of the operational group of the “EULAR Impact of RMDs Survey“
  • Member of the Steering committee for the development of the common documentation tool RheMIT
Awards
  • 2023 Award of the Wolfgang-Schulze foundation (together with Katinka Albrecht)
Third party funding
  • Since 2019 industry funding for the National Database of the Arthritis Centres
Key publications
  1. Callhoff, K. Albrecht, U. Marschall, A. Strangfeld and F. Hoffmann (2023). “Identification of rheumatoid arthritis in German claims data using different algorithms: Validation by cross-sectional patient-reported survey data.” Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 32(5): 517-525.
  2. Albrecht, S. Binder, K. Minden, D. Poddubnyy, A. C. Regierer, A. Strangfeld and J. Callhoff (2023). “[Systematic review to estimate the prevalence of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in Germany. German version].” Z Rheumatol.
  3. Albrecht, A. C. Regierer, A. Strangfeld, U. Marschall and J. Callhoff (2023). “High burden of polypharmacy and comorbidity in persons with psoriatic arthritis: an analysis of claims data, stratified by age and sex.” RMD Open 9(1).
  4. Callhoff, K. Albrecht, I. Redeker, T. Lange, J. Goronzy, K. P. Gunther, et al. (2020). “Disease Burden of Patients With Osteoarthritis: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey Linked to Claims Data.” Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 72(2): 193-200
  5. Callhoff, K. Thiele, T. Dorner, A. Zink, J. G. Richter, J. Henes and K. Albrech (2019). “Trends in employment and hospitalisation in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome 1996-2016: results from the German National database.” Clin Exp Rheumatol 37 Suppl 118(3): 83-89.

 

 

 

 

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