Beate Kampmann
Beate Kampmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hilden, Germany |
| Education | University of Cologne (MD, Dr. med.) Imperial College London (PhD) University of London (DTM&H) |
| Known for | Maternal and infant immunisation Vaccine evaluation Global child health research |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Global health Paediatric infectious diseases Immunology Vaccinology |
| Institutions | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Imperial College London MRC Unit The Gambia |
Beate Kampmann FRCPCH FMedSci is a German physician, academic, and vaccine researcher specialising in global health, paediatric infectious diseases, and immunology. She is Professor of Global Health (W3) at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Early life and education
Kampmann was born in Hilden, Germany. She completed her medical studies at the University of Cologne in 1988, where she also obtained her medical doctorate (Dr. med.) in 1989. She later moved to the United Kingdom, earning a PhD from Imperial College London in 1992[1] and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from the University of London in 1995.
Academic and clinical career
Kampmann began her academic career as a Wellcome Trust Training Fellow in Clinical Tropical Medicine, working in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa.[2] She later held clinical and academic posts in paediatric infectious diseases at St Mary's Hospital, London, where she remained clinically active as part of the Consultant team until 2023.
She held a Senior NIHR Research Fellowship for research into childhood tuberculosis (2009-2014) and served as a Senior Investigator and Biomedical Research Lead for Paediatrics at the Academic Health Science Centre Imperial College, London.[3]
From 2012 to 2018, she was Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London[4] and Director of the Centre for International Child Health.[5] Between 2012 and 2023, she took on the position of Scientific Director of the Vaccines and Immunity Research Programme at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, where she led international vaccine and immunology research.[6]
In 2018, Kampmann was appointed as Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity and Director of the Vaccine Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[7] In 2023, she moved to Berlin to take up an appointment to a Professorship in Global Health (W3) and the directorship of the Institute of International Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.[8]
She is the founding director of the paediatric tuberculosis network in Europe (ptbnet)[9] and the Immunising Pregnant Women and Infants (IMPRINT), an international research collaboration focused on maternal immunisation and neonatal immunisation.[10][11][12]
Awards and honours
- Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2007)
- Recipient of the President's Medal for Excellence in Research Supervision, Imperial College London (2015)[13]
- Foundation Award, Medical Research Council (2016)[14]
- Ada Lovelace Lecturer at the Royal Institution (2017)[15]
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2021)[16]
- Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (2021)[17]
References
- ^ Ohanes, Rebecca (6 April 2023). "Meet Beate Kampmann, Member of the Board of Trustees - Virchow Foundation | The Virchow Prize". Virchow Foundation | The Virchow Prize.
- ^ Shetty, Priya (March 2012). "Beate Kampmann: research advocate for children with tuberculosis". The Lancet. 379 (9821): 1093. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60451-6.
- ^ "Paediatric Infectious Disease". Imperial College London.
- ^ "Paediatric Infectious Disease". Imperial College London.
- ^ "New research centre to focus on global child and maternal health | Imperial News". Imperial College London. 2 February 2016.
- ^ "Travel: Dr Beate Kampmann works at an MRC unit in the Gambia | Imperial News". Imperial College London. 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Beate Kampmann". LSHTM.
- ^ "Prof. Beate Kampmann takes over Charité's Institute of International Health as a newly appointed Einstein Professor". CharitéCenter für Global Health - Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
- ^ "International study suggests benefits of TB vaccine have been underestimated". Imperial News. 15 August 2012.
- ^ "IMPRINT: IMmunising PRegnant women and INfants neTwork". UKRI.
- ^ "About". Imprint Network.
- ^ Kampmann, Beate; Jones, Christine E.; Faber, Hannah (1 February 2025). "Immunizing Pregnant Women and Infants (IMPRINT) Network: Building and Sustaining an Interdisciplinary Network Tackling the Complex Challenges of Vaccination in Pregnancy and Early Life". The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 44 (2S): S9–S10. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000004697. ISSN 1532-0987.
- ^ "President's Awards for Excellence in Education". Imperial College London. 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Professor Beate Kampmann receives MRC Foundation Award". LSHTM. 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Ada Lovelace Day Live! 2017 – Ada Lovelace Day". Ada Lovelace Day.
- ^ "Professor Beate Kampmann". Academy of Medical Sciences.
- ^ "Council to approve Fellowship by Election from Faculties" (PDF). West Africa College of Physicians.