Linker, Ralf
Prof. Dr. Ralf Linker is Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology at the University of Regensburg. As an assessor on the board, he is jointly responsible for the infrastructure.
Professional stations
Since 2018: Clinic Director and Chair, Clinic and Polyclinic for Neurology at the University of Regensburg
2016-2018: Deputy Clinic Director, Neurological Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen
2010-2018: Head of the Neurological Outpatient Clinic, the Neuroimmunological Outpatient Clinic and the Neurological Research Laboratory, Neurological Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen
2007-2010: Senior physician and research group leader as well as head of the neuroimmunology laboratory, Neurological Clinic, St. Josef Hospital Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum
2007: Psychiatric training, LWL Clinic of the Ruhr University Bochum for Psychiatry
2004-2006: Assistant physician and research group leader, Neurological Clinic and Institute for MS Research, Georg-August-University Göttingen
2000-2003: Doctor in internship and assistant doctor, Neurological Clinic, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg
Education
2012: Habilitation, Neurological Clinic, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen
2007: Specialist in neurology
2001: License to practice medicine
1999: Doctorate Medical Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1992-1999: Medical studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Washington University St. Louis, USA and Free University Berlin
Main research areas
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuromyelitis optica spectrum diseases
- Neuroimmunology
Membership
- Member of the German Society of Neurology (DGN)
- Deputy Chair, Medical Advisory Board of the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (DMSG)
- Member of the Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group (NEMOS)
- Section Editor Neuroimmunology, Neurology Research and Practice
Awards
Pette Prize of the German Society of Neurology (2016)
Thiersch Habilitation Prize, Faculty of Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen (2013)
Research Prize of the Medical Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum (2008)
Helmut Bauer Young Talent Award for MS Research (2005)
Sobek Young Talent Award for MS Research (2002)
Year of birth
1971