Prof. Dr. Tanja Groten - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
since 02/2025: W3 Professor of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, University of Cologne; Head of Department of Obstetrics at the University Hospital of Cologne
since 08/2021: W2 Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Health, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
06/2021: Received and declined a W3 Professorship in Obstetrics, University of Bonn
10/2019: Received and declined a W2 Professorship in Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
since 2019: Head of the research group “Maternal Health”, supervision of clinician scientist projects:
- Dr. Anna Multhaup (PAVA study: cardiovascular follow-up after pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction)
- Dr. Friederike Weschenfelder (MuKiLog study: long-term outcomes after gestational diabetes)
- Dr. Anne Loheit Postdoc position in the Center of Early Pregnancy and Reproductive Health (CEPRE) working on maternal endothelial health and placenta associated pregnancy complications
06/2019: Certified Diabetologist (DDG)
since 07/2017: Principal Investigator, multicentre prospective randomized clinical trial “Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) for Secondary Prevention of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (PETN Trial)” (DFG-funded; Groten et al., Am J Obstet Gynecol 2023)
01/2015: Habilitation on endothelial function in placenta-associated pregnancy complications; Venia legendi in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
since 2014: Head of Research Group “Endothelium” (AG Groten), Placenta Lab, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
10/2013: Subspecialty certification in Special Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine
since 2014: Head of the Competence Center for Diabetes and Pregnancy, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena
since October 2010: Senior Physician, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Jena
11/2008: Joined University Hospital Jena
2004–2008: Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Research Associate, University Women’s Hospital Ulm
2002–2004: Research Fellow (DFG-funded) in the lab of Bill Schnaper, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
2001: Board certification in Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women’s Hospital Ulm
06/1995: Medical examination, RWTH Aachen University
1991–1995: Experimental work and dissertation on the topic: “Microbial spectrum in cystic fibrosis with special focus on black fungi”
1987–1995: Medical School, RWTH Aachen University
Awards, Distinctions and Professional Activities
11/2015: Credé Award of the Society for Perinatal Medicine for scientific achievements in the field of perinatal medicine