Organisation
Our foundation’s work is driven by people who act out of deep conviction and invest their knowledge and time to sustainably improve medical care for children and adults with a rare disease. The committees of the Eva Luise and Horst Köhler Foundation work on a purely voluntary basis.
Management Board
Prof. Dr. med. Annette Grüters-Kieslich
Prof. Dr. med. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, a research-oriented pediatrician and adolescent physician, has been committed to improving medical care for patients with rare diseases since her student days – whether bedside, in the laboratory, lecture hall, university administration or in one of her many honorary posts.
After heading various medical institutions and departments as Dean of University Medicine Berlin and as Medical Director of Heidelberg University Hospital, Annette Grüters-Kieslich, now retired, is once again conducting research as a visiting scientist at Charité Berlin. Her research focuses on rare congenital developmental disorders, the pathophysiology and treatment of rare forms of childhood obesity and the epigenetic regulation of developmentally important genes.
As Chairwoman of the Board of our foundation, she has been the strategic head of diverse initiatives since 2013. She is also an honorary member of the DFG Senate Commission for Clinical Research, Vice President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), member of the Medical Sciences Committee of Science Europe and Vice President of the All European Academies (ALLEA).
Achim Schroeter
Like the founding family, Achim Schroeter has personal connections to the topic and, as the former head of administration of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association, was one of the founding fathers of the foundation in 2006. Since then, he has been a prudent member of its Board of Directors. In particular, he is responsible for legal and administrative issues and the management of the foundation’s assets as well as donations and funding.
Board of Trustees
Eva Luise Köhler (Vorsitzende)
Dr. Ulrike Kristina Köhler
Literary scholar and honorary jury member of the HanseMerkur Prize for Child Protection
Dr. med. Herbert Bauer
Ear, nose and throat specialist in private practice (retired)
Ortwin Guhl
Retired Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse Tuttlingen, Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Church Relief Fund of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Member of the Foundation Board of the World Cultural Heritage Island of Reichenau
Dietmar Kokott
Former Global Head of Human Resources for Senior Management at BASF SE, former Vice Chairman of the Human Resources Global Council, former Chairman of the Board and member of the Board of Trustees of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics, member of the Advisory Board of the Leadership Excellence Institute at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
Prof. Dr. Peter-Christian Müller-Graff
Senior professor at the University of Heidelberg, where he held a chair for civil law, commercial and business law, European law and comparative law until his retirement in 2016
Prof. Dr. Britta Siegmund
Clinic Director of the Medical Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Heinz-Gerhard Wilkens
Former head of the Corporate Communications department and company spokesman for the HanseMerkur Insurance Group, honorary head of the German Red Cross’s homeless aid organization in Hamburg
Scientific Advisory Board
The Eva Luise and Horst Köhler Foundation has been cooperating for many years with the Scientific Advisory Board of ACHSE e.V., which reviews, evaluates and pre-selects the applications received for the Eva Luise Köhler Research Award.
Project applications are always assessed by two independent scientists with proven expertise. The Alliance4Rare – Research Initiative for Children with Rare Diseases is also supported by its own Scientific Advisory Board:
Prof. Dr. med. Mehul Dattani
Head of Paediatric Endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Institute of Child Health (ICH)
Prof. Dr. med. Julie Ingelfinger
Paed. Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Prof. Dr. med. Bettina Schöne-Seifert
Institute for Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Prof. Dr. med. Dagmar Wieczorek
Director of the Institute of Human Genetics, Düsseldorf University Hospital
Our Team
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- Sanna Börgel
- Stiftungsleitung
- +49 (0)228 5227 9999
- boergel@elhks.de
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- Eva Thull
- Referentin
- +49 (0)228 2997 9996
- thull@elhks.de
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- Dr. phil. Franziska Krause
- Programmleitung
- (0)228 5227 9986
- krause@elhks.de
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Events
New approaches in medicine: Foundation forum on cell and gene therapies for rare diseases
On 1 October 2024, the first joint foundation forum of the Berlin Sparkassenstiftung Medizin and the Eva Luise and Horst Köhler Foundation took place in the historic Max-Liebermann-Haus in Berlin.
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Information & Opinion
White Paper ‘Rare Diseases Bavaria’ – A step into the future
On 7 October, the White Paper of the 'Bavaria for Rare Diseases' campaign was presented to the public at a press conference. Under the patronage of the Eva Luise and…
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Events
Register now: Political expert discussion “Rare diseases in the German Bundestag”
With a professional impulse from Prof. Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, a political expert discussion on the topic of rare diseases will take place on Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 4:30 to…