Portrait Annelies Zinkernagel

Annelies Zinkernagel
Prof. Dr. Dr. med.

Director of Department, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology

Specialties

  • Acute and chronic bacterial infections
  • Foreign body-associated infections
  • Vaccination before and during immunosuppression

Contact

Tel. +41 44 255 33 22

Other competencies

  • Translational and basic research
  • Teaching and further education

Career

Positions

since 2020 Director, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ
2013 – 2020 Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ
2009 – 2013 Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, USZ
2005 – 2009 Research stay, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA

Academic career and training

2020 Chair of Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH
2015 – 2019 Assistant Professor of Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH
2011 Habilitation in Infectiology & Hospital Hygiene, UZH
2009 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA, USA
2008 Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
2005 Specialist in infectiology, FMH
2002 Specialist in general internal medicine, FMH
1998 Dr. med., University of Zurich
1991 – 1997 Medical studies, Universities of Lausanne and Zurich

Most important memberships

  • President ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)
  • Swiss Society for Infectiology (SGINF)
  • Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)
  • Swiss Society of General Internal Medicine (SGAIM)
  • Association of Swiss Physicians (FMH)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Member of the Board of Directors since 2014 (Scientific Affaires Officer 2014-2020, President-elect and Secretary General since 2020)
  • Member of the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues (EKIF) since 2014

Research focus

Translational and basic research:

  • Endocarditis and foreign body-associated infections
  • Persistent bacterial infections
  • New therapeutic approaches for bacterial infections

Publications

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Further

  • Infectious Diseases Biobank Zurich, Swiss National Science Foundation
  • Personalized Swiss Sepsis Study (PSSS)

Activities in expert committees:

  • Since 2022 President ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID): Member of the Board since 2014 (Scientific Affaires Officer 2014-2020, President-elect and Secretary General since 2020)
  • Member of the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues (EKIF) since 2014

Prices

  • Switzerland. Society for Infectiology 2013 and 2019 (“Basic Science”)
  • European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Young Investigator Award for Research 2011
  • Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Foundation Prize 2010
  • Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Program Committee Choice Award 2007