{"id":15694,"date":"2025-03-24T15:42:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T15:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/?post_type=head&#038;p=15694"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:02:20","slug":"dr-rer-nat-martin-schafer","status":"publish","type":"head","link":"https:\/\/www.drfz.de\/en\/koepfe\/dr-rer-nat-martin-schafer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. rer. nat. Martin Sch\u00e4fer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <section id=\"scientific-background\"\n           class=\"section accordion  alignwide  toc-item\"\n           data-open=\"multiple\">\n    <div class=\"container container--center container--medium\">\n              <h2 class=\"h3 section__heading launimation slideBottom\">Scientific background<\/h2>\n      \n      \n      \n              <div id=\"panel-\"\n             class=\"accordion__category active\" role=\"tabpanel\"\n             aria-labelledby=\"tab-\">\n                    <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n            {\n              \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n              \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n              \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Scientific Career\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Since 2021\nPrincipal Investigator of the RABBIT register, Pharmacoepidemiology, Programme Area Epidemiology and Health Services Research, DRFZ Berlin\nSince 2017\nSenior Statistician, Pharmacoepidemiology, Programme area Epidemiology and Health Services Research, DRFZ Berlin\n2015\nDoctoral Thesis: \u201eFinite Bayesian mixture models with applications in spatial cluster analysis and bioinformatics\u201d\n2013 \u2013 2016\nResearch assistant, Mathematical institute, Heinrich Heine University, D\u00fcsseldorf\n2009 \u2013 2013\nResearch assistant, Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Education\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"2002 &#8211; 2009\nDiploma in Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Professional Activities\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"Peer reviewing activity (last 5 years): Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Lancet Rheumatology, Journal of Rheumatology, RMD Open, Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Rheumatologie\"}},{\"@type\": \"Question\",\"name\": \"Memberships\",\"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\",\"text\": \"German Region of the International Biometrical Society\"}}]\n            }\n          <\/script>\n\n          <div class=\"accordion__content\">\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69f4899e5750f_0\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Scientific Career<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69f4899e5750f_0\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p><strong>Since 2021<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator of the RABBIT register, Pharmacoepidemiology, Programme Area Epidemiology and Health Services Research, DRFZ Berlin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since 2017<br \/>\n<\/strong>Senior Statistician, Pharmacoepidemiology, Programme area Epidemiology and Health Services Research, DRFZ Berlin<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><br \/>\nDoctoral Thesis: \u201eFinite Bayesian mixture models with applications in spatial cluster analysis and bioinformatics\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013 \u2013 2016<br \/>\n<\/strong>Research assistant, Mathematical institute, Heinrich Heine University, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n<p><strong>2009 \u2013 2013<br \/>\n<\/strong>Research assistant, Department of Statistics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              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Dortmund University, Dortmund<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69f4899e5750f_2\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Professional Activities<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span class=\"icon-wrapper\"><\/span>\n                <\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"accordion-item__content-container\" id=\"accordion_69f4899e5750f_2\">\n                  <div class=\"accordion-item__content\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"accordion-item__content-text wysiwyg\">\n                      <p>Peer reviewing activity (last 5 years): Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, Lancet Rheumatology, Journal of Rheumatology, RMD Open, Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Rheumatologie<\/p>\n\n                                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"accordion-item  box box--accordion over launimation slideBottom\">\n                <button class=\"accordion-item__title\"\n                        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n                        aria-controls=\"accordion_69f4899e5750f_3\"\n                        aria-label=\"Zeige den Inhalt an\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-item__title-wrapper\">\n                      <span class=\"accordion-item__title-main h5\">Memberships<\/span>\n                                          <\/span>\n                  <span 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class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-18578 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-398\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Sch\u00e4fer M, Purschke A, Zietemann V, Rudi T, Mei\u00dfner Y, Richter A, Berger S, Rockwitz K, Kr\u00fcger K, Schneider KM, Regierer AC, Strangfeld A.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/40571478\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">Comparative risk of incident malignancies in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with Janus kinase inhibitors or bDMARDs: observational data from the German RABBIT register.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\">Ann Rheum Dis. 2025 Nov;84(11):1779-1790. doi: 10.1016\/j.ard.2025.05.014. 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PMID: 40571478.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <!--a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/40571478\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"teaser-publication__link\"\n      aria-describedby=\"post-18578\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n      <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\"><span\n          class=\"visually-hidden\">Comparative risk of incident malignancies in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with Janus kinase inhibitors or bDMARDs: observational data from the German RABBIT register.<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/a-->\n  <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n<article id=\"post-7847\"\n  class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-7847 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-396\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Mei\u00dfner Y, Sch\u00e4fer M, Albrecht K, Kekow J, Kekow J, Zinke S, Tony HP, Strangfeld A.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/37880180\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with conventional synthetic, biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: observational data from the German RABBIT register.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\">RMD Open. 2023 Oct;9(4):e003489. doi: 10.1136\/rmdopen-2023-003489. PMID: 37880180; PMCID: PMC10603345.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <!--a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/37880180\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"teaser-publication__link\"\n      aria-describedby=\"post-7847\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n      <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\"><span\n          class=\"visually-hidden\">Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with conventional synthetic, biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: observational data from the German RABBIT register.<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/a-->\n  <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n<article id=\"post-7652\"\n  class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-7652 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-396\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Machado PM, Sch\u00e4fer M, Mahil SK, Liew JW, Gossec L, Dand N, Pfeil A, Strangfeld A, Regierer AC, Fautrel B, Alonso CG, Saad CGS, Griffiths CEM, Lomater C, Miceli-Richard C, Wendling D, Alpizar RD, Wiek D, Mateus EF, Sirotich E, Soriano ER, Ribeiro FM, Omura F, Raj\u00e3o MF, Santos H, Dau J, Barker JN, Hausmann JS, Hyrich KL, Gensler LS, Silva L, Jacobsohn L, Carmona L, Pinheiro MM, Zelaya MD, Severina M, Yates M, Dubreuil M, Gore-Massy M, Romeo N, Haroon N, Sufka P, Grainger R, Hasseli R, Lawson-Tovey S, Bhana S, Pham T, Olofsson T, Bautista-Molano W, Wallace ZS, Yiu ZZN, Yazdany J, Robinson PC, Smith CH.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/36787993\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in people with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: data from the COVID-19 PsoProtect and Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registries.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\">Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 May;82(5):698-709. doi: 10.1136\/ard-2022-223499. 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PMID: 36787993.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <!--a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/36787993\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"teaser-publication__link\"\n      aria-describedby=\"post-7652\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n      <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\"><span\n          class=\"visually-hidden\">Characteristics associated with poor COVID-19 outcomes in people with psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: data from the COVID-19 PsoProtect and Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registries.<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/a-->\n  <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n<article id=\"post-7197\"\n  class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-7197 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-395\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Regierer AC, Hasseli R, Sch\u00e4fer M, Hoyer BF, Krause A, Lorenz HM, Pfeil A, Richter JG, Schmeiser T, Schulze-Koops H, Strangfeld , Voll RE, Specker C, Mueller-Ladner U.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/34670840\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">TNFi is associated with positive outcome, but JAKi and rituximab are associated with negative outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with RMD.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\"> RMD Open. 2021 Oct;7(3):e001896. doi: 10.1136\/rmdopen-2021-001896.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <!--a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/34670840\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"teaser-publication__link\"\n      aria-describedby=\"post-7197\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n      <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\"><span\n          class=\"visually-hidden\">TNFi is associated with positive outcome, but JAKi and rituximab are associated with negative outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with RMD.<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/a-->\n  <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n<article id=\"post-6942\"\n  class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-6942 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-395\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Strangfeld A, Sch\u00e4fer M, Gianfrancesco MA, Lawson-Tovey S, Liew JW, Ljung L, Mateus EF, Richez C, Santos MJ, Schmajuk G, Scir\u00e8 CA, Sirotich E, Sparks JA, Sufka P, Thomas T, Trupin L, Wallace ZS, Al-Adely S, Bachiller-Corral J, Bhana S, Cacoub P, Carmona L, Costello R, Costello W, Gossec L, Grainger R, Hachulla E, Hasseli R, Hausmann JS, Hyrich KL, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Kearsley-Fleet L, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Machado PM.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/33504483\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\"> Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Jan 27:annrheumdis-2020-219498. doi:<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <!--a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/33504483\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"teaser-publication__link\"\n      aria-describedby=\"post-6942\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"bookmark\">\n      <span class=\"button button--arrow button--arrow-nw button--arrow-link\"><span\n          class=\"visually-hidden\">Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry.<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/a-->\n  <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              \n<article id=\"post-6936\"\n  class=\"teaser-publication box launimation slideBottom layout-box post-6936 publication type-publication status-publish hentry year-tax-396\">\n  <div class=\"teaser-publication__wrap\">\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__authors ellipsis ellipsis--1\">Sch\u00e4fer M, Strangfeld , Hyrich KL, Carmona L, Gianfrancesco M, Lawson-Tovey S, Mateus EF, Gossec L, Robinson PC, Yazdany J, Machado PM.<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"teaser-publication__title h6 ellipsis\">\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/33648957\" target=\"_blank\" lang=\"en\">Response to: &#039;Correspondence on &#039;Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician reported registry&#039;&#039; by Mulhearn et al.<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"teaser-publication__source\">Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 May;82(5):e116. doi: 10.1136\/annrheumdis-2021-220134. 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