Dr. med. Franziska Hopfner (MD)

Ärztin

Telefon: +49 431 500-23982
Telefax: +49 431 500-23848
f.hopfner@neurologie.uni-kiel.de

Informationen über Dr. med.

Current positions

  • Neurology resident and research assistant at the Department of Neurology
  • Resident at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

 

Medical qualifications

  • Certificate for Qualified Botulinumtoxin Treatment
  • MDS-UPDRS Training Program & Certificate Exercise
  • AMG Training
  • NIHSS Training

 

Clinical priorities

  • Movement Disorders (particularly essential tremor and Parkinson's disease)
  • Neurogenetic diseases

 

Academic qualifications

  • MD Thesis, Technical University of Munich, summa cum laude (2013)
  • GEROK- Rotation Positions“ at the Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University,
  • bioinformatical analysis (2016)
  • Trial lecture for Habilitation (02/2018)

 

Other qualifications

  • Safety Officer (genetic engineering research at safety level 1 and 2) (2017)
  • Clinical Study Investigator (2017)
  • University Didactics Training

Scientific focus

  • Genetics of movement disorders (particularly essential tremor and Parkinson's disease)
  • Clinical phenotypes of movement disorders (particularly essential tremor and Parkinson's disease)
  • Pathophysiology of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease
  • Clinical studies in movement disorders

Research funding

  • DFG (DE 438/11-1)
  • Intramural Funding Kiel University (repeatedly)
  • The International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF)
  • Felgenhauer Stiftung
  • B.Braun-Stiftung

 

Membership in professional societies

  • German Society of Neurology (DGN)
  • Movement Disorders Society (MDS)
  • European Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group, EURLSSG
  • Member of the Education Commission of German Society of Neurology (DGN)
  • Member of the Commission of Neurogenetics of the German Society of Neurology (DGN)

 

Honors

  • Prize-winner in Federal President's History Competition of the Koerber Foundation with the subject: „revolt, take action, change – Protest in History: The Bavarian Beer War “
  • Second Award Federal President's special competition „Democraty alive – 60 Jahre German Constitution” with the Essay „The Patient Decree – Human dignity is inviolable.” To respect it and to protect it is the responsibility of every state authority“.
  • Erasmus grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
  • Felgenhauer Stiftung "Förderung junger Neurowissenschaftler"
  • Research grant of the B. Braun-Stiftung

 

Ad hoc referee for

Neurology, Movement Disorders Journal, Neurogenetics, Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Neurology: Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation Neurology, Neurology Genetics

Arbeitsgruppen der Neurologie an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

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