Frauke Zipp

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology,
University Medical Centre,
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Mainz | Germany

The Newsom-Davis Lecture – This lecture has been presented in memory of Professor Newsom-Davis and his numerous contributions to the field of neuroimmunology.

Frauke Zipp’s research focuses on effector mechanisms, biomarkers and repair processes during brain pathologies involving inflammation such as in multiple sclerosis, stroke and aging, and particularly the delicate balance between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease. Currently, two investigational new drug substances are in the process of clinical development.

Apart from participating in several advisory or executive boards over time (such as for Journals, ECTRIMS, KKNMS, ISNI, MSIF, PMSA, Gutenberg University Research Center for Immunotherapy and Focus Program Translational Neuroscience) and reviewing for international journals, research agencies as well as research and clinical societies, Frauke Zipp has published in journals such as Lancet, Cell, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Cell Biology, Immunity and Neuron. Furthermore, Frauke Zipp is active in trial steering committees and safety boards, and has organized international meetings (Gordon, ISNI, CRCs) as well as is member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the European Academia Europaea. She is the founding speaker of two Collaborative Research Centers of the German Research Foundation (DFG), member of two large clinical development programs (BMBF VIP+) and, together with four colleagues, founding member of a German Research Foundation (DFG) excellence cluster (NeuroCure, Charité Berlin). Not only through these networks but also in women scientist networks and through direct mentorship, Frauke Zipp has mentored several female scientists and young investigators who are in leading positions in medicine.

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