Dr. Gernot Rohde

Since 2010 Associate Professor/Consultant, Maastricht University Medical Center, Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Since 2009 Chairman of Executive Board of CAPNETZ

2008 – 2010     Project Leader BMBF-TP1 01KI0722

2007 Appointment as “Juniorprofessor” for respiratory infections

2007 Specialist in Infectious Diseases

2006 PhD thesis “The interaction of infection and inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” (Ruhr-University Bochum)

2006 - 2009 Specialist/consultant in respiratory medicine at University Hospital „Bergmannsheil“, Ruhr-University Bochum

2005 – 2009 Leader of CAPNETZ local clinical center (LCC) Bochum

2005 ERS fellowship Imperial College London

2004 Specialist in Internal Medicine

1999 Doctoral thesis “Increase in non-specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness in the absence of a specific response to isocyanates in isocyanate-induced asthma” (Ruhr-University Bochum und Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg)

1998 – 2004 Project leader in BMBF-KFG 01GC0101

1998 – 2004 University Hospital „Bergmannsheil“, Ruhr-University Bochum

1991 – 1997 Medical studies at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France 

Research fields

Dr. Rohde’s fields of scientific interest include respiratory infections in asthma and COPD with a focus on viral pathogens, new detection methods for respiratory viruses (real time PCR), role of emerging respiratory viruses, inflammation caused by and innate immune responses towards respiratory viruses, epidemiology, diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia and detection of latent tuberculosis. In vitro models to study pathophysiology of and innate immune responses towards experimental viral infections are established in his lab.

Activities in the scientific community, honors , awards

2010 Elected External Activities Director of the European Respiratory Society

Since 2009 Advisory Board of the Journal “Pneumologie”

Since 2009 Head of Assembly for respiratory infections and tuberculosis of the German Respiratory Society

Since 2008 Associate Editor of Breathe

Since 2008 Secretary of Assembly for respiratory infections and tuberculosis of the European Respiratory Society

Since 2008 Advisory Board of western German Respiratory Society

Since 2007 Associate Editor PneumoNews

2006 – 2008 Secretary of Assembly for respiratory infections and tuberculosis of the German Respiratory Society

Expertise in Clinical trials: Principal Investigator in 10 clinical trials, Head of Clinical Trial (LKP acc. to AMG § 40) in 1 clinical trial, ICH/GCP training(25./26.10.2002)