{"id":10486,"date":"2025-12-05T14:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/person\/klotz-luisa\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:10:04","slug":"klotz-luisa","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/en\/person\/klotz-luisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Klotz, Luisa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9bfb9eb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-51ae8d8f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><figure class=\"is-style-rounded wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PERSONEN_portrait_klotz.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PERSONEN_portrait_klotz.png 400w, https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PERSONEN_portrait_klotz-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-multiplesklerose.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/PERSONEN_portrait_klotz-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\"><h2 class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-3b89921dadede077c3398499532cf127 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-secondary-color\">Klotz, Luisa<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Luisa Klotz is Managing Senior Physician and Head of the Neurology Study Center at the Department of Neurology at M\u00fcnster University Hospital. She was elected to the Advisory Board as a new member in 2025 and will act in a supportive and advisory capacity in this role. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-58a355d0 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"berufliche-stationen\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);border-top-width:2px;margin-top:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11f8ea1e26f355fd8c456f3c51e20ba5\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Professional stations<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>since 2021<\/strong>: W3 Professorship for Neurological Immunotherapy and Senior Physician at the Department of Neurology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>since 2020:<\/strong> Head of the Neurology Study Center at the Department of Neurology, M\u00fcnster University Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019:<\/strong> Offer of a permanent W3 professorship &#8220;Neuroimmunology&#8221;, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen Nuremberg (FAU), offer declined<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2016-2021<\/strong>: W3 Endowed Professorship for Neurological Immunotherapy at the Department of Neurology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>since 2016:<\/strong> Senior physician at the Department of Neurology, M\u00fcnster University Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>since 2013:<\/strong> Senior physician and head of the Neuroimmunology Study Center at the Department of Neurology, M\u00fcnster University Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2011 &#8211; 2013<\/strong>: Specialist and research group leader at the Department of Neurology &#8211; Inflammatory Diseases of the Nervous System and Neurooncology, M\u00fcnster University Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2009:<\/strong> Assistant doctor at the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2001-2009<\/strong>: Assistant doctor at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6e64f69a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"ausbildung\" style=\"margin-top:3.13rem;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1601c33d7dacbe6e8202dbe98fbc4c7f\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Education<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>11.2010:<\/strong> Venia legendi for the field of neurology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2006 &#8211; 2010:<\/strong> Junior Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2004 &#8211; 2006:<\/strong> Scientific work at the Institute for Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Bonn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2001 &#8211; 2003:<\/strong> PostDoc at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2001:<\/strong> Doctorate at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t Bonn, (summa cum laude)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1994 &#8211; 2001:<\/strong> Study of human medicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-72eb636f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"forschungsschwerpunk\" style=\"margin-top:3rem;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b8d643ef19ed2ce2b63f055ff158753\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Main research areas<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-tw-dash\">\n<li>Pathophysiology of immune-mediated diseases of the central nervous system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New therapeutic targets for CNS autoimmunity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diagnostic and predictive immunosignatures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pathomechanisms of MS progression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immune changes during a stroke or sepsis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-72eb636f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"mitgliedschaft\" style=\"margin-top:3rem;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf42c556267dd610858ec4a158ddbffa\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Membership<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deputy Chairwoman Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) M\u00fcnster (since 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Sobek Foundation (since 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institutional Delegate Member of the European Academy of Neurology (since 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the DGN Board of Trustees for the Science Prize 2023, 2024 (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the application team of the DFG-funded Clinician Scientist Program &#8220;CareerS&#8221; 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