Closing session

Adjunct teaching Professor, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine
Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, Head Executive Department Medicine & Strategy and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), University Hospital rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

Christoph is a Consultant Physician Infectious Diseases, Head Executive Department of Medicine & Strategy and Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at University hospital rechts der Isar. He is an adjunct teaching professor with Technical University of Munich.

He attended Medical School at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany with an internship at Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland, as well as Groote-Schuur-Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Currently he is in lead of the Infectious Diseases Unit at University Hospital rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany and is caring for in- and out-patients at the department. Hereby the full spectrum of Covid-19, HIV and all ID cases is reflected and service including HIV PrEP and general STI services is available for patients. Under his responsibility several clinical trials for HIV, PrEP, Covid19 and other ID diseases are executed.

Christoph’s clinical research focusses on diagnostic and treatment aspects, such as novel treatment strategies of Covid-19, infectious diseases, including prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STI) in general, as well as digital transformation in health care. Christoph is local co-chair of the 25th World AIDS conference in July in Munich, Germany.

With more than 20 years of public health and international development experience, Birgit Poniatowski has been the IAS Executive Director since November 2020, following more than five years at the organization leading an expanding team responsible for resource mobilization, sustainable partnerships across diverse sectors and key strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining the IAS, she was the Director for Investment and Partnerships at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and earlier managed partnerships and supported the organization’s multi-stakeholder governance processes at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She was educated at Bonn and Heidelberg Universities in Germany and International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a PhD from Heidelberg University, Germany.