In an interview with Themenbote Medizin, Professor Dr. Annette Grüters-Kieslich, Chairwoman of the Foundation's Board of Directors, introduces the Alliance4Rare research initiative. She explains what the alliance is all about, where its focus lies and how researching pediatricians are specifically supported.
Filmportrait Jutta Gärtner und Hendrik Rosewich
We won't wait until Monday morning
How do you work in the awareness that you are often the only hope for families with a seriously ill child? Jutta Gärtner and Hendrik Rosewich are one of the few points of contact for pediatric neurological disorders, such as pediatric dementia or unclear movement disorders. Once a diagnosis is made, a grueling race against time begins. In the search for therapies, patient care and research must go hand in hand - also often on weekends. The neuropediatricians at the University Hospital Göttingen experience their work as "deeply meaningful".
