Annelies Zinkernagel#
| Membership Number: | 6015 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://annelies.zinkernagel@usz.ch |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 4/2022 President, ESCMID (ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Since 9/2019 Chair & Professor for Infectious Diseases, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 4/2020 - 4/2022 President-elect, ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- 8/2015 - 8/2019 Assistant professor for experimental infectious diseases, University of Zurich
- 2011 Venia Legendi (Privatdozentin) in Infectious Diseases ‘New therapeutic approaches for bacterial infections ‘, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 2009 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ‘Exploring Bacterial Pathogen Interactions with Host Phagocytes to Identify Novel Approaches to Infectious Disease Therapy’, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, California, USA. PhD Supervisor: Victor Nizet, University of California, CA, USA
- 2008 Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- 2005 Board certificate in Infectious Diseases (FMH), Switzerland
- 2002 Board certificate in Internal Medicine (FMH), Switzerland
- 1998 Medical Thesis ‘Untersuchung zur Heterogenität von Corynebacterium minutissimum’ Prof.A.von Grävenitz, Institute Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1991 - 1997 Swiss Federal Physician’s Diploma
- 1997 Medical Schools, University of Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland
Fields of Scholarship
- Endocarditis and foreign body-associated infections
- New therapeutic approaches for bacterial infections
- Persistent bacterial infections
- Translationale und grundlagenbasierte Forschung
- Translational and basic research
Honours and Awards
- 2013 and 2019 Recipient of SSI Award, Category "Basic Science"
- 2011 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Young Investigator Award for Research
- 2010 Scientific Award ‚Walter und Gertrud Siegenthaler Stiftung’
- 2009 M. & W. Lichtenstein-Stiftung Fellowship
- 2007 - 2008 Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for advanced researchers
- 2005 - 2007 Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for prospective researchers
- 2007 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Program Committee Choice Award
