Team

Our strength lies in our people: an international team connected by curiosity, collaboration, and mutual respect. Within CASCAID, we promote a culture of teamwork and open exchange that bridges disciplines and fosters innovative thinking.

The CASCAID team brings together experts in immunology, clinical medicine, and translational research. At the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, researchers and clinicians work closely together to better understand the complex mechanisms underlying chronic autoimmune diseases.

A central aspect of the consortium is the strong integration of basic and clinical research. This translational approach ensures that findings from laboratory studies can be rapidly transferred into clinical applications. This creates a dynamic and bidirectional exchange between science and medicine.

Members of the CASCAID Consortium

#01 / #11   Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Aline Bozec, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#01   Dr. med. Jule Bachl, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#02 / Z02   Prof. Dr. med. univ. Georg Schett, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#02   Prof. Dr. med. Fabian Müller, Medizinische Klinik 5, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#03   Prof. Dr. Falk Nimmerjahn, Department Biologie, Lehrstuhl für Genetik, FAU, Erlangen

#04 / Z01  Prof. Dr. med Stefan Uderhardt, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#04 / Z01   Prof. Dr. David Blumenthal, Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering (AIBE), FAU, Erlangen

#05   Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Sebastian Zundler, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#05   Prof. Dr. med. Caroline Voskens, Hautklinik, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#06   Dr. med. Maria Gabriella Raimondo, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#07   PD Dr. rer. nat. Ulrike Steffen, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#07   Prof. Dr. med. Ricardo Grieshaber-Bouyer, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#08   Dr. med. Christina Bergmann, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#09   Prof. Dr. med. Raja Atreya, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#10   Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. habil. med Mario Zaiss, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#11   Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Günther, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#12   Prof. Dr. med Markus Neurath, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#12   PD Dr. rer. nat. Dr. habil. med. Benno Weigmann, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#13   Prof. Dr. med. habil. Crystelle Nganou-Makamdop, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#13   Prof. Dr. med. Kilian Schober, Mikrobiologie, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#14   Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Becker, Medizinische Klinik 1, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#14   Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Rosshart, Mikrobiomik, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#15   Prof. Dr. med. habil. Andreas Ramming, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

#15   Dr. rer. nat. Simon Rauber, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

Z01  Dr. rer. nat. Pooja Gupta, Stammzellbiologie, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

WIKO  Sandra Jeleazcov, Medizinische Klinik 3, UKER, FAU, Erlangen

WIKO  Prof. Dr. Benedikt Morschheuser, Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität Bamberg