Prof. Kirsten Beyer

Kirsten Beyer is a Professor in the Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, University Hospital Charite, Berlin, Germany. She qualified as an MD at the Free University in Berlin, Germany, in 1991. She carried out her pediatric training and fellowship at the Humboldt University in Berlin. From 1996-to 1997 she became a visiting scientist at the Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins, University in Baltimore, USA. From 1997-to 2003 Dr. Beyer worked at the Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, where she was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 2001.

In 2003 she returned to Berlin where she was appointed Professor at the University Hospital Charite. Prof. Beyer’s research experience spans the spectrum of pediatric allergies with a particular focus on food allergies. Her interests include food allergy prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. She is a principal investigator in several national and international studies. The results of her research have been published in over 100 peer-reviewed publications.