Local Committee

Rika Zimmer (Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany)

High school diploma with the “HighSea” project at Alfred Wegener Institute (Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) in Bremerhaven in 2016

Degree in human medicine, Hanover Medical School in 2025

Student assistant in the Bronchiectasis Outpatient Clinic from 2021-2025, Hanover Medical School

Pediatric resident in the Clinic for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hanover Medical School since 2026

2021-2025 Student assistant for data management and registry maintenance in the Clinic for Pulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Hanover Medical School

Doctoral thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Ringshausen on the topic of neutrophil elastase as a biomarker in bronchiectasis, Department of Pneumology and Infectious Diseases, Hanover Medical School (exp. 2026)