Committees / working groups  

The GfH board is actively supported in its work by 11 committees and 10 working groups. Our committees are permanent bodies that coordinate the GfH internally and together with the board of directors represent the GfH interests externally.

The members of our working groups deal primarily with individual topics, such as  a task to implement the new IVDR, with questions about telemedicine or checklists for quality assurance in human genetic diagnostics.

Committees

Academy of Human Genetics

Chairman
Prof. Dr. Klaus Zerres, Aachen

Vice Chairmen
Prof. Dr. med. Sabine Rudnik-Schöneborn, Innsbruck
Prof. Dr. med. Harald Rieder, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. med. Brigitte Schlegelberger (ex officio GfH-President)

Members
Dr. med. Bernd Auber, Hannover
Prof. Dr. med. Denise Horn, Berlin
Dr. med. Maja Hempel, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Tzschach, Freiburg
Dr. rer. nat. Frank Dechend (BVDH-Delegate)

 

Committee "Diagnosis-related payment models"

Members:
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Chem. Elke Holinski-Feder, München (Spokesperson)
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Bauer, Tübingen
Dr. med. Britta Fiebig, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Ute Hehr, Regensburg

 

Medical specialists training committee 

Members:
Prof. Dr. med. Reiner Siebert, Ulm (Spokesperson)
Prof. Dr. biol. hum. et med. habil. Ulrich Zechner, Frankfurt (Deputy spokesperson)
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Hübner, Jena
Dr. Linda Rey, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. med. Brigitte Schlegelberger, Hannover (ex officio) Dr. Bernt Schulze (to the  BVDH)

 

Clinical genetic laboratory 

Members:
Prof. Dr. biol. hum. et med. habil. Ulrich Zechner, Frankfurt (Spokesperson)
Dr. rer. nat. Sönke Arps, Hamburg
Dr. med. Bernd Auber, Hannover
Dr. rer. nat. Birgitta Gläser, Freiburg
Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Hinderhofer, Heidelberg
Dr. rer. nat. Christine Neuhaus, Ingelheim

 

Public and Professional Policy Committee 

Members: 
Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Ute Moog, Heidelberg (Spokesperson)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Aretz, Bonn
Dr. med. Martin Kehrer, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Netzer, Köln
Dr. med. Rixa Woitschach, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Birgit Zirn, Stuttgart

 

Scientific program committee

Chairman
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Kubisch, Hamburg

Conference President 2021
Prof. Dr. med. Reiner Siebert, Ulm

Assistant
Ole Ammerpohl, Ulm

GfH-President
Prof. Dr. med. Brigitte Schlegelberger, Hannover

Elected members
Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Hoischen, Nijmegen, NL
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Phys. Peter Krawitz, Bonn
Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Kurth, Aachen
Prof. Dr. Michal-Ruth Schweiger, Hannover
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Speicher, Graz
Prof. Dr. Malte Spielmann, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Bernd Wollnik, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Zweier, Erlangen-Nürnberg

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the GfH
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Hübner, Jena (Conference President 2019)
Prof. Dr. Eva Klopocki, Würzburg
Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Schumacher, Marburg

Delegate of the SGMG
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Sven Cichon, Basel

Delegate of the ÖGH
Univ.-Prof. DDr. med. univ. Johannes Zschocke, Innsbruck

 

GfH-Guidelines

Members:
Dr. med. Diana Mitter, Düsseldorf (Spokesperson)
PD Dr. med. Angela Abicht, München
Dr. rer. nat. Katja Eggermann, Aachen
Dr. med. Sabine Hentze, Heidelberg
PD Dr. med. Rami Abou Jamra, Leipzig
Dr. med. Verena Steinke-Lange, München

BVDH-Delegates:
Dr. rer. nat. Gabriele Wildhardt, Frankfurt/M.
Dr. rer. nat. Frank Oeffner, Neu-Ulm
Prof. Dr. med. Ursula Froster, Bad Steben

 

Tumor Genetics Committee

Section TGA Programm Committee 

Members:
Dr. med. Lana Harder, Kiel (Spokesperson)
Dr. rer. nat. Sönke Arps, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Gudrun Göhring, Hannover
Prof. Dr. med. Gundula Thiel, Berlin/Rostock
Prof. Dr. med. Detlef Haase, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Steffi Urbschat, Homburg/Saar
Prof. Dr. med. Oskar Haas, Wien (ÖGH-Delegate)

 

Committee "Syndrome Day"

Members:
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Tzschach, Freiburg (Spokesperson)
Dr. med. Maja Hempel, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Ute Moog, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Zweier, Erlangen-Nürnberg
Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Wieczorek, Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Zerres, Aachen (Director of the Academy of Human Genetics, ex officio)

 

Editorial board of the journal "Medizinische Genetik"  

Editors:
Prof. Dr. med. Reiner Siebert, Ulm (in charge)
Prof. Dr. med. Ute Felbor, Greifswald
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Netzer, Köln
Prof. Dr. med. Markus Nöthen, Bonn
Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Wieczorek, Düsseldorf (CME-editor)

Scientific Advisory Board:
Dr. med. Nuria Brämswig, Essen
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Kaiser, Lübeck
Prof. Dr. biol. hum. Hildegard Kehrer-Sawatzki, Ulm
Prof. Dr. med. Ingo Kurth, Aachen

PD Dr. med. Deborah Bartholdi, Bern (SGMG)
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Speicher, Graz (ÖGH)

Working groups

AG Actionable Genes - German Network on Actionable Genes (GNAG)
Spokesman:
Olaf Riess, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Tuebingen

Members:
Andreas Dufke, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Tuebingen
Christoph Schroeder, Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Tuebingen
Bernd Auber, Institute of Humshan Genetics, Medical School Hannover
Tim Ripperger, Institute of Human Genetics, Medical School Hannover
Stefan Aretz, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn
Kathrin Hoffmann, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Halle
Evelyn Schröck, Institute of Clinical Genetics, University of Dresden

--> Get more information about the working group GNAG

Interested clinicians and scientists who would like to join GNAG please contact
olaf.riess@med.uni-tuebingen.de

 

Working group DAkkS
Norbert Arnold, Kiel
Simone Heidemann, Kiel
Konstantin Miller, Hannover
Dietmar Lohmann, Düsseldorf
Ulrich Finckh , Dortmund
Harald Rieder, Düsseldorf
Thomas Eggermann, Aachen
Raina Yamamoto, Dortmund
Stephanie Kleinle, München
Clemens R. Müller-Reible, Würzburg

 

Working group Natural Scientist
Thomas Eggermann, Aachen 
Bernhard Weber, Regensburg 
Simone Heidemann, Kiel
Ulrich Zechner, Frankfurt
Eva Klopocki, Würzburg  
Kerstin Kutsche, Hamburg

 

IMPP expert
Prof. Dr. med. Reiner Siebert
Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Wieczorek

 

IVDR Working group
Dr. rer. nat. Petra Hoffmüller, MGZ-München (GfH delegate at AWMF section "In vitro diagnostics")
Dr. rer. nat. Anna Teubert, amedes MVZ wagnerstibbe, for laboratory medicine, haemostaseology, human genetics and microbiology, Hannover
Dr. M.Sc. Juliane Riess, Deputy quality management representative, MVZ Martinsried GmbH, Medicover Humangenetik Martinsried (BVDH-Delegate)
Dipl.-Biol. Winfried Schmidt, Group practice of human genetics and genetic laboratories, Dr. Peters, Kleier, Preuße, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Christian Hübner, Head of the Institute of Human Genetics, Jena
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Eggermann, Institute of Human Genetics, Aachen (GfH-Vice-president)
Dr. med. Tim Strom, Institute of Human Genetics, TU München
Dr. rer. biol. hum. Christine Scholz, München (GfH-Managing director)

 

Working group teaching development
Prof. Dr. med. Harald Rieder, Düsseldorf (GfH representative for teaching development)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Uwe Kornak, Berlin
Dr. med. Ulrike Mau-Holzmann, Tübingen

 

Working group PID
Angela Abicht, München
Christian P. Schaaf, Heidelberg
Christof Hammans, Dortmund
Ute Hehr, Regensburg
Yorck Hellenbroich, Lübeck
Jürgen Kohlhase, Freiburg
Thomas Martin, Homburg
Claudia Nevinny-Stickel-Hinzpeter, München
Imma Rost, Martinsried
Susann Schweiger, Mainz

 

Working group Telemedicine
Nicola Dikow, Heidelberg
Christian Netzer, Köln
Johanna Tecklenburg, Hannover
Teresa Neuhann, München
Martina Kreiss, Bonn
Nils Rahner, Bonn
Eva Prott , Wuppertal
Bernd Schulz, München
Isolde Schreyer, Jena