Dr. Antonia Howaldt - Curriculum Vitae
Education and professional career
04/2024 - 12/2027: Principal Investigator, Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1607
since 11/2024: Young Academic Cornea Committee Representative for Eucornea, selected as the German representative among one of 8 young academic cornea specialists to organize the conference and represent the young
10/2023 - 10/2024: Participant, Leadership Academy of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), one-year course for physicians in leadership positions in scientific ophthalmology. Content: healthcare & business administration (basics), personnel management, communication, conflict- & self-management.
since 10/2022: Second Speaker of the Young German Ophthalmological Society (yDOG), elected second speaker, involved in the organization of the yearly conference, selection of medical student research stipends and travel grants, teaching
02/2022 - 08/2024: First Speaker of the Clinician Scientist (CCSP) Fellows, elected first speaker, representation of CCSP fellows, involved in selection process of CCSP candidates, organization of fellow meetings
04/2021 - 11/2024: Research Fellow, Cologne Clinician Scientist Program (CCSP), Granted a 50% research position for three years by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, Mentor and Advisor: Prof. Claus Cursiefen
2021: Dissertation, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Advisor: Professor Uwe Kornak, Dissertation (Dr. med.): Genetic Factors Regulating Bone Mass, Grade: “summa cum laude”
since 04/2020: Resident in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Cologne, Head of department: Prof. Claus Cursiefen
02/2019 - 03/2019: Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA, Medical Clerkship Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
11/2018 - 01/2019: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Medical Clerkship, Nephrology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Infectious Diseases, Mount Auburn Hospital
2012 - 2019: Medical School: Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Awards, distinctions and professional activities
2024: Wissenschaftspreis Stiftung Auge
2022: ARVO International Travel Grant
2019: PROMOS Grant of the German Academic Exchance Service (DAAD)
2019: Grant for a medical elective at the Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; global partner institution of Charité University Medicine Berlin
2016: Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Medical Student Research Stipend, full grant 12 months
Memberships
German Ophthalmologic Society (DOG); American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO); Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO); European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS); Royal Society of Medicine (RSM); Die Augenchirurginnen.
Publications