CV Traidl Hoffmann
Director University Office for Environmental Medicine, Augsburg University Hospital
Chief Physician Outpatient Clinic for Environmental Medicine, Augsburg University Hospital
86156 Augsburg, Deutschland
claudia.traidl-hoffmann@tum.de
www.mri.tum.de
www.klinikum-augsburg.de
Academic and professional career
1989-1996: Study of medicine and doctorate at the RWTH Aachen University.
2004: Habilitation and authorization to teach in the field of dermatology and venereology
2006: Specialist in dermatology and venereology, 2008, additional title in allergology
1996-1998: Resident in the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital of RWTH-Aachen.
1999-2001: DFG-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the Istituto Dermopatico dell’immacolata Rome, Italy
2002-2006: Assistant physician at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology
2003-2013: Head of the research group “Cellular Immunology” at ZAUM – Center for Allergy and Environment
2006-2010: Project leader of the research group (KKF) “Cell Interaction Studies
2008-2013: Senior physician at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology, TUM; among others, head of the outpatient clinic for infectious diseases, outpatient clinic for atopic eczema, psoriasis and chronic wounds.
2016-2018: Executive Director, UNIKA-T.
Since 2014: Chief physician of the outpatient clinic for environmental medicine, Klinikum Augsburg.
Since 2016: Director of the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Helmholz Center Munich.
Since 2018: Vice director of the ZIEL – Central Institute at the Technical University of Munich – Institute for Food & Health, Freising, Weihenstephan
Since 2020: Spokesperson of the Board of Directors of the Christine Kühne Foundation for Allergy Research and Education
Since 2021: Vice Director of the Center for Climate Resilience, University of Augsburg
Research focus
The focus of interest is the identification and characterization of environmental factors that condition the development, persistence and aggravation of allergic diseases and chronic inflammatory skin diseases. For this purpose we analyze biogenic and anthropogenic factors (e.g. measurements of allergens and putative protective mediators in outdoor air: determination of the exposome including the microbiome). Our aim is to identify risk factors and to develop preventive strategies to avoid or prevent harmful environmental influences. On the other hand, target structures for the therapy of allergic-inflammatory diseases are to be identified. In this context, we focus on non-allergenic, adjuvant mediators from pollen, which are both pro-inflammatory and immunomodulatory.
Clinical focus
The main focus of the clinical work is the holistic treatment of environmentally related diseases. This is mainly done in the Outpatient Clinic for Environmental Medicine at Augsburg Hospital. Chronic inflammatory skin diseases such as neurodermatitis, autoinflammation syndromes and psoriasis are treated in special consultations in cooperation with the Department of Dermatology at Augsburg Hospital and the Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Technical University of Munich. Another focus is on HIV medicine and HIV-associated dermatoses and tumors. Patients are seen and treated at the interdisciplinary Center for HIV Medicine at Rechts der Isar (IZAR).
Publications
80 articles in journals with impact factor; 65 other publications
cumulative impact factor: 450
Citations: Total 2600
Hirsch index: 25
Redaktionelle Tätigkeiten:
Editor at large (Europa): WAO Journal
Editorial board: Allergojournal
Prizes (selection)
Habilitation Award of the Bavarian State Government, 2002
La Roche Posay Prize 2002
Herbert Herxheimer Award of the DGAI, 2003
ECARF Award for European Allergy Research, 2005
Fujisawa Prize: Immunomodulation in Eczema Reaction, 2005
Promotion Award for Allergology Research 2005 of the Kanert Foundation
Award of the ALUMNI-Club of the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Munich for an outstanding habilitation achievement 2005
Allergopharma Award 2006
Award of the German Mycological Society for the paper Eyerich et al., 2009
Egon Macher Award of the ADF, 2010
PhARF Award Nominée, Honorable Mention, 2011
Oskar Gans Prize of the DDG, 2015
ADF/ECARF Award 2019 for research on the microbiome.
DGAKI Research Award for the paper “Altunbultakli et al JACI 2018”.
Memberships / Boards
German Society for Clinical Allergology and Immunology (DGAKI), since 2001
Working Group of Dermatological Research (ADF), since 1998
European Academy of Allergology and Immunology (EAACI), since 2002
Collegium Internationale Allergologicum, since 2006