Prof. Dr. Ali Önder Yildirim is the new director of the Munich DZL site CPC-M. As of March 1, 2024, the position was passed on by Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius.
Among other roles, Von Mutius served as head of the Asthma and Allergy Outpatient Clinic at the Dr. von Haunerschen Children's Hospital of the LMU and continues to lead the Institute for Asthma and Allergy Prevention (IAP, Helmholtz Munich). Within the DZL, she has long coordinated the disease area of Asthma & Allergies and, among other initiatives, initiated the multicentric and interdisciplinary ALLIANCE-All Age Asthma Cohort.
"We thank Erika von Mutius for her tremendous dedication to the DZL and her continuous enrichment of the DZL board with creativity, resourcefulness, and collegiality. At the same time, we look forward to a new chapter and are pleased that the leadership and representation of the Munich site have now been entrusted with care and consideration into the capable hands of Ali Önder Yildirim," summarized Prof. Dr. Werner Seeger, spokesperson of the DZL, the transition.
