Clinical centres
Patient recruitment takes place at the local clinical centres. Besides general practitioners, and pulmonology departments of hospitals, also HIV-clinics and HIV-focused practices are part of the CAPNETZ study network. CAPNETZ has started expanding into neighbouring countries with the aim of adding further European clinics to our network in the future.
The following list gives an overview on clinical centres which are currently involved in data collection for the CAPNETZ study.
Clinical centres
Aachen - active since December 2008
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Michael Dreher
Medical clinic e.V. – Clinik for Pulmonology and Non-Surgical Intensive Care
University Medical Centre Aachen
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Christian Cornelissen
Study coordinators
Merite Emrulai
Gabriele Heuer
Hedwig Reichardt
Mareike Wienands
Augsburg - active since October 2022
CAPNETZ practitioners
Maximilian Engelmann
Study coordinators
Aileen Benkart
Sabrina Passig
Fidan Soylu
Sabrina Passig
Claudia Heinle
Marie Freitag
Bad Arolsen - active since July 2011
Study coordinators
Sandra Jalowy
Fernanda Coelho Viera
Basel - active since April 2010
Study coordinators
Vivian Suarez Domenech
Berlin-Campus Benjamin-Franklin - active since January 2020
CAPNETZ practitioners
Frau Dr. Eva Corinna Diehl-Wiesenecker
Frau Dr. Iris von Wunsch-Rolshoven Teruel
Study coordinators
Natallia Markmann
Maryna Roskach
Julia Kruschewski
Christine Grunow
Berlin-Charité - aktiv seit Januar 2005
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Norbert Suttorp
Medical Clinic for Infection and Pulmonology
Charité – University Medical Centre Berlin
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Moritz Müller-Plathe
Helene Kriedemann
Study coordinators
Sylke Borstel
Marina Wulf
Berlin Practice Jessen - active since July 2017
Study coordinators
Imke Jessen-Amadi
Berlin-Neukölln - active since December 2009
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Sven Gläser
Clinic for internal Medicine – Pulmonology and Infection
Vivantes Clinic Neukölln
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Dorina Thiemig
Study coordinators
Ilona Metzner
Bonn - active since February 2018
Leadership
PD Dr. Christoph Boesecke
Medical Clinic and Polyclinic I – General Internal Medicine
University Medical Centre Bonn
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Stefan Schlabe
Dr. Gereon Rieke
Dr. Malte Monin
Dr. Kathrin van Bremen
Study coordinators
Angelika Saidi
Eva-Maria Schumacher
Martha Oberschelp
Bochum - St. Elisabeth-Hospital - active since November 2022
Study coordinators
Barbara Heisl
Cottbus - active since March 2009
Study coordinators
Lisa Starke
Marleen Kutzner
Nicole Weiß
Dr. Ing Madlen Löbel
Dortmund - active since April 2020
Leadership
PD Dr. Bernhard Schaaf
Pulmonology, Infection, and Internal Intesive Care
Medical Clinic Nord Dortmund
CAPNETZ practitioners
Julius Kremling
Harun Azzaui
Martin Hower
Frederik Hempel
Katharina Prebeg
Kalina Popkirova
Daniela Nickoleit-Bitzenberger
Study coordinators
Elke Landsiedel-Rebbe
Beata Winterkamp
Melanie Gräske
Dresden - active since October 2013
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Martin Kolditz
Medical Clinic I / Pulmonology Department
University Medical Centre Dresden
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Bernhard Schulte-Hubbert
Dr. Simona Langner
Study coordinators
Tina Rink
Diana Jäkel
Frankfurt Infektion Medicine - active since February 2017
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Christoph Stephan
Medical Clinic II / Focus Infection
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical Centre
Study coordinators
Guido Neumann
Frankfurt Pneumology - active since August 2017
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Gernot Rohde
Medical Clinic I – Pulmonology/Allergology
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Medical Centre
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Carla Bellinghausen
Dr. Achim Grünewaldt
Study coordinators
Kristina Endres
Christine Volkmann
Inge Wortmann
Freiburg - active since April 2022
Leadership
Prof. MPH Dr. Daiana Stolz
Clinic for Pulmonology
University Medical Centre Freiburg
Study coordinators
Jaime Alvarado Castillo
Bibiane Söllner
Michael Oppenländer
Hamburg - Eppendorf - active since 2017
Leadership
Dr. Olaf Degen
Outpatient Centre of the UKE GmbH
University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Anja Hüfner
Dr. Hanna Matthews
Dr. Stefan Schmiedel
Study coordinators
Gritt Kunert
Jessyca Timm
Hannover - aktiv seit Januar 2005
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Tobias Welte
† 10 March 2024
Department of Pulmonology
Medical School Hannover
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Isabell Pink
Dr. Nora Drick
Study coordinators
Sylvia Wagner
Hannover-Siloah - active since January 2021
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fühner
Clinic for Pulmonology, Intensive Care, and Sleep Medicine
KRH Clinical Centre Siloah
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Mariet van´t Klooster
Study coordinators
Nadja Schachteli
Hillerød - active since January 2014
Leadership
Ph.D. Birgitte Lindegaard
Department of Lung- and Infectious Diseases
Nordsjaelland Hospital Hillerød
CAPNETZ practitioners
Andreas Vestergaard Jensen, MD
Gertrud Baunbæk Egelund MD
Study coordinators
Ann-Sofie Teller
Jena - active since November 2011
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Mathias Pletz
Institute of Infection Medicine and Clinical Hygiene
University Medical Centre Jena
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Benjamin T. Schleenvoigt
PD Dr. Christina Forstner
Dr. Anne Moeser
Juliane Ankert
Study coordinators
Stephanie Beier
Jana Schmidt
Juliane Ankert
Köln-Augustinerinnen - active since January 2021
Leadership
Dr. Urte Sommerwerck
Clinic for Pulmonology, Allergology, Sleep and Respiratory Medicine
Augustinerinnen Hospital Cologne
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Tobias Wintermantel
Study coordinators
Kerstin Weise
Lübeck - Pneumology- active since September 2002
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Daniel Drömann
Medical Clinic III
Pulmonology
University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Patrick Parschke
Dr. Klaas Franzen
Study coordinators
Jenny Wichelmann
Marsha Groth
Anne Meinke
Lübeck - Infektion Medicine - active since January 2019
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Jan Rupp
Clinic for Infection Medicine and Microbiology
University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Nadja Käding
Dr. Frederike Waldeck
Study coordinators
Dana Lenke
Maike Koerner
Maastricht - active since October 2011
Leadership
Geertjan Wesseling MD, PhD
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Maastricht University Medical Center
CAPNETZ practitioners
Kim Walraven
Dionne Braeken
Study coordinators
Hilde Bastiaens
Maxime Nieman
München r.d.i. - active since January 2017
Leadership
PD Dr. Christoph Spinner
Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine II: Infection Medicine
Clinics rechts der Isar, Technical University München
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Johanna Erber
Dr. Florian Voit
Dr. Jochen Schneider
Study coordinators
Stefanie Gladis
Veronika Korb
Paderborn - active since June 2009
Leadership
Dr. Andreas Zaruchas
Clinic for Pulmonology and Internal Medicine
Hospital St. Josef Paderborn
Study coordinators
Sandra Kleinschnitger
Pisa - active since July 2020
Leadership
Dr. Marco Falcone
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
University of Pisa
CAPNETZ practitioners
MD Giusy Tiseo
Rotenburg - active since September 2002
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Iris Hering
St. Gallen - active since February 2017
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Werner Albrich
Clinic for Infection Medicine / Clinical Hygiene
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
CAPNETZ practitioners
Dr. Marco Seneghini
PD Dr. Frank Rassouli
Dr. Sylvette Baldesberger
Study coordinators
Cornelia Knapp
Simone Kessler
Stuttgart - active since April 2020
Leadership
Prof. Dr. Claus Neurohr
Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine
RBK Lung Centre Stuttgart
Study coordinators
Selina Briese
Nina Lutz
Vienna - active since 2019
Leadership
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz Burgmann
Department for Infection and Tropical Medicine
Internal Medicine Centre
Medical University Vienna
CAPNETZ practitioners
PD Dr. Ludwig Traby, PhD
Dr. Lorenz Schubert
Dr. Rui-Yang Chen
Study coordinators
Zoltan Vass
Danijela Janicijevic
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG Committee
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG
Council
Prof. Dr. Tobias Welte
Prof. Dr. Norbert Suttorp
Prof. Dr. Steffen Stenger
Management Board
Prof. Dr. Gernot Rohde
Prof. Dr. Mathias Pletz
Prof. Dr. Martin Witzenrath
Prof. Dr. Jan Rupp
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG Central Coordination and Management
Executive Management
Dipl. Chem. Grit Barten-Neiner, MBA
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG headquarters
Medical School Hannover
Finances
M.A. Fin Contr. Olga Elena Arenas Toro
Medical Writing
PhD BioMed Sci. Christina Julius
Data Management
Dipl. Bio. Waldemar Kröner
B.A. Med. Dok. Olesya Unruh
Dipl. Volksw. Frank Eberhardt
B.A. Med. Dok. Nina Adaskina
Study Partners
The central CAPNETZ biobank
At the central biomaterial bank in Hannover CAPNETZ samples are stored in a standardised form. You can apply for access to samples for your research project. The process of sharing of biomaterials is coordinated at the CAPNETZ STIFTUNG headquarters.
Hannover Unified Biobank (HUB)
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Director and scientific lead
Prof. Dr. Thomas Illig
Technical lead
Dr. Norman Klopp
Associate Scientists
Bettina Wilhelm
Dirk Drobek
Manfred Mertin
The central virological diagnostics lab Freiburg
The central virological diagnostics lab is lead by Prof Panning at the University Hospital Freiburg. Patient samples from clinical centres arrive at the virology lab where they undergo a standardized multiplex-PCR based assay to identify common viral causes of CAP.
Institute of Virology, Medical Center Faculty of Medicine
University of Freiburg
Oberarzt und Leitung
Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Panning
Associate Scientist
Dr. Sibylle Bierbaum
Pathogen validation
Not all microbes found in patient samples qualify as etiological agents for respiratory infections. Thus, the potential pathogens are validated by microbiology expert Prof Andreas Essig from the University Hospital Ulm.
Senior physician
Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Essig
The central bacteriological diagnostics lab Lübeck
Bacteriological diagnostics can be done locally at clinical centers using rapid assays or culture methods. In addition, patient samples are forwarded to the central bacteriology lab of Prof Jan Rupp from the University Hospital Lübeck, to ensure coherence in sample processing and pathogen identification methods.
Klinik für Infektiologie und Mikrobiologie (Lübeck)
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein
Medical director
Prof. Dr. Jan Rupp
Associate Scientist
Dr. Nadja Käding
The central CAPNETZ IT
The CAPNETZ database administration and programming is done by 2MT Software GmbH according to clinical data guidelines and using the online research system WebSpirit. This internet-based platform combines a web portal for data entry, sharing information and data, and for study administrative tasks within one electronic system.
With over 14 000 data sets, the CAPNETZ study databank is the largest databank on CAP globally.
2mt Software GmbH, Ulm
Contact
Dipl. Inf. Michael Wallner
Statistics
For development of statistical analysis plans for planned studies, and for statistical analysis of internal research projects CAPNETZ STIFTUNG collaborates with freelance statistician Dr Paul Schmidt.
Contact
Dr. Paul Schmidt
Study management
Study implementation activities and data quality are surveilled by the CAPNETZ STIFTUNG headquarters. Data management is the core competence of the CAPNETZ STIFTUNG. Further competences of the headquarters are applications for research projects, and communication of research results with the medical community and the public.
Grit Barten-Neiner
Dipl.-Chem., MBA
Executive Manager
Tel.: +49 (0)511 532 4434
Mail: barten.grit@mh-hannover.de
CAPNETZ STIFTUNG
Geschäftsstelle an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str.1
30625 Hannover
Waldemar Kröner
Diplom-Biologe
Study Implementation
Tel.: +49 (0)511 532 4447
Mail: kroener.waldemar@mh-hannover.de
Nina Adaskina
B.A. Med. Dok.
Head of Data management
Mail: adaskina.nina@mh-hannover.de
Tel.: +49 (0)511 532 5927
Frank Eberhardt
Diplom-Volkswirt
Data Management
Tel.: +49 (0)511 532 5927
Mail: eberhardt.frank@mh-hannover.de
Olesya Unruh
B.A. Med. Dok.
Data Management
Tel.: +49 (0)511 532 4448
Mail: unruh.olesya@mh-hannover.de