studied human medicine in Leipzig and Berlin. She received her doctorate and habilitation in axial spondyloarthritis. She is an internist, specialist in rheumatology, and works in the Rheumatology Department of the Charité on the Benjamin Franklin Campus. As a principal investigator, she is involved in the conception, implementation, evaluation, and publication of clinical studies and is a member of the Assessments of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) and the German Society for Rheumatic Arthritis (DGRH).