Martin Depner holds a degree in psychology, and is specialised in mathematics and statistics. He also has experience in empirical social research including planning, execution, analysis, and quality management of studies. Furthermore, he is currently completing a postgraduate education in medical biometry. Since 2003 he has been involved in the analysis of genetic epidemiological studies. He started at the molecular genetics laboratory of the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim. In 2005 he joined the group at the Children's Hospital of the University of Munich where his focus was the analysis of genetic association studies in asthma and allergy research. He is currently working on epidemiological surveys with a special interest on interaction analysis (gene by gene and gene by environment) and structural equation models.

 

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Biography
1997    Medical Doctor (University of Ulm, Germany)
1997 - 2003 Pediatric Fellowship (University of Ulm, Germany)
1998    Master of Arts in Philosophy (University of Tubingen, Germany)
2005    Master of Public Health (University of Munich, Germany) 

Research Focus
Effects of pre- and postnatal exposure to a farm environment on prevention of asthma and atopy
Study design, field work, statistical analyses of epidemiological studies (ALEX, PARSIFAL, PASTURE, TR22, GABRIEL,GA2LEN) 

Literature
- Ege MJ, Frei R, Bieli C, Schram-Bijkerk D, Waser M, Benz MR, et al. Not all farming environments protect against the development of asthma and wheeze in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007; 119:1140-7. 
- Ege MJ, Bieli C, Frei R, van Strien RT, Riedler J, Ublagger E, et al. Prenatal farm exposure is related to the expression of receptors of the innate immunity and to atopic sensitization in school-age children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 117:817-23. 
- Ege M, Nerlich AG, Zink AR: Epidemiological analysis of tomb complexes from the necropolis of Thebes-West. Journal of Biological Research (2005) 80:75-77. 
- Ege M, Ma Y, Manfras B, Lu H, Kalwak K, Lieber M, Schwarz K Pannicke U: Omenn syndrome due to ARTEMIS mutations. Blood (2005) 105: 4179-86

Martin Finster has gained a degree in ecology. He is experienced in the management of scientific projects for governmental and non governmental organizations as well as in organizing and leading field campaigns. As an ecologist he is familiar with concepts and approaches of epidemiology. He graduated at the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg in 2005 and started his Ph.D. at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In September 2009 he joined the Asthma and Allergy research group. As a guest scientist he is involved in the PAULA project managing and doing field work as well as examining cohort members. In Munich he focuses on the interaction of the human organism and the bacterial environment that might be crucial for the development of a functional immune system.

Since spring 2007 Nicola Korherr has been assisting Erika von Mutius in coordinating the EU projects FORALLVENT and EFRAIM and organizing the fieldwork for the German part of the PASTURE/EFRAIM cohort.

Juliane Weber is a medical doctor. She graduated from medical school in 1991 and obtained her Doctor Degree in medicine in 1992 at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg. She is specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology. Between 1992 and 2003 she worked in different medical fields in clinics and private practices, in Germany, Switzerland, UK, Malaysia and Kenya. From 2003 to 2007 she did research on osteoporosis and osteoarthritis at the Institute for Sports Sciences of the Technische Universität Munich, i.e clinical drug trials in postmenopausal women and exercise studies on bone density. In February 2008 she achieved her Master Degree in Public Health (MPH) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.
She joined the Asthma and Allergy Research of Professor Erika von Mutius in January 2008 as epidemiologist and is coordinating several national and international studies.