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Dr. Johanna CallhoffGroup Leader
Dr. Johanna Callhoff
Scientific career
- Since December 2023 Group Leader Health Services Research German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit
- Since 2021 Postdoc, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics (in addition to DRFZ post doc position)
- Since 2019 PI of the National Database of the Arthritis Centres (Kerndokumentation der kooperativen regionalen Rheumazentren)
- Since 2015 Postdoc, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit (Head of Department Prof. A. Zink)
- Since 2011 Researcher, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) Berlin, Epidemiology Unit (Head of Department Prof. A. Zink)
Education
- 2015 Award of Doctorate, doctoral thesis “Examination of physical function status under biologic and basic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis”
- 2008-2011 Universität Bremen, Master of Science in Medical Biometry/Bioastatistics
- 2005 – 2008 Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Boards and Memberships
- Member of the German Biometric Society
- Member of the German Epidemiologic Society
- Member of the German Society for Rheumatology
- Member of the Committee for Digital Rheumatology, German Society for Rheumatology
- Member of the operational group of the “EULAR Impact of RMDs Survey“
- Member of the Steering committee for the development of the common documentation tool RheMIT
Awards
- 2023 Award of the Wolfgang-Schulze foundation (together with Katinka Albrecht)
Third party funding
- Since 2019 industry funding for the National Database of the Arthritis Centres
Key publications
- Callhoff, K. Albrecht, U. Marschall, A. Strangfeld and F. Hoffmann (2023). “Identification of rheumatoid arthritis in German claims data using different algorithms: Validation by cross-sectional patient-reported survey data.” Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 32(5): 517-525.
- Albrecht, S. Binder, K. Minden, D. Poddubnyy, A. C. Regierer, A. Strangfeld and J. Callhoff (2023). “[Systematic review to estimate the prevalence of inflammatory rheumatic diseases in Germany. German version].” Z Rheumatol.
- Albrecht, A. C. Regierer, A. Strangfeld, U. Marschall and J. Callhoff (2023). “High burden of polypharmacy and comorbidity in persons with psoriatic arthritis: an analysis of claims data, stratified by age and sex.” RMD Open 9(1).
- Callhoff, K. Albrecht, I. Redeker, T. Lange, J. Goronzy, K. P. Gunther, et al. (2020). “Disease Burden of Patients With Osteoarthritis: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey Linked to Claims Data.” Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 72(2): 193-200
- Callhoff, K. Thiele, T. Dorner, A. Zink, J. G. Richter, J. Henes and K. Albrech (2019). “Trends in employment and hospitalisation in patients with Sjogren’s syndrome 1996-2016: results from the German National database.” Clin Exp Rheumatol 37 Suppl 118(3): 83-89.
Health Services Research
Health services research helps to improve outcomes of rheumatic diseases