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ABOUT ME

After studying biology with a focus on genetics and immunology, I completed my doctorate in 2011 at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Already during my studies I decided not to work in basic research, but in translational research. This is an interdisciplinary concept and aims to convert scientific findings from research directly into new clinical therapies in order to improve human health. This goes from “bench-to-bedside” (i.e. from the laboratory table to the patient bed) and vice versa.


After my doctorate, I did research in the USA for four years as a postdoc, first on biomarkers for the early detection of lung cancer at the University of California, San Francisco and then in the area of early detection of ovarian cancer at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.


At the end of 2016 I returned to Germany and made the decision to become a naturopath and open my own practice for functional medicine. My knowledge from biology and research combines synergistically with my expertise as a naturopath to finally be able to do what I have always wanted to do: help people. As a mother, the health and development of children is particularly important to me - which is why pediatrics is a focus of my practice, which I opened in Freiburg in June 2019.


My main focus is the treatment of Down Syndrome: As a mother of a daughter with Down Syndrome and as a scientist, I have acquired complex knowledge over the years, from genetics to changes in biochemistry and metabolism, right through to functional medicine that I first gained access to in the USA. My daughter was specifically treated with nutritional supplements during the pregnancy and also supported with functional medicine since birth to give her the best possible chance of a long, healthy and happy life.


My passion also lies in optimizing our microbiome, i.e. the entirety of our intestinal flora, as this positively influences a variety of processes in our body.


I look forward to providing the best possible support to each of my patients! 

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