studied at the University. Tübingen Medicine, received her doctorate and habilitation in the field of internal medicine and works as a senior physician at the Medical Clinic 1 at the University Hospital Frankfurt. She is an assistant professor of internal medicine, head of the clinical department. Department of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), Head of Clinical. IBD study unit at the University Hospital and represents gastroenterology at the University Hospital Frankfurt as part of the Inflammation Center initiative of Janssen-Cilag GmbH