Medical School in Marburg and Freiburg, Germany, 1972 PhD, 1978 Paediatrics Board Certification. From 1977 to 1980 scientific staff member at the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, University of Münster, Germany, 1989 Research Award of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation, 1990 Professorship, 1980 to1993 scientific staff member / coordinator of clinical trials at the German Cancer Society. 1993 to 2010 chair of the trial AML-BFM (childhood acute myeloid leukaemia - Berlin Frankfurt Münster). Since 1996 APL Professor of Paediatric Oncology at the University of Münster. From 1992 to 2011 scientific manager of the Society for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology (GPOH), 1999 to 2009 coordinator of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH). 2012 to 2018 scientific staff member at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH).
Since 1997 editor (guideline coordinator) of the guidelines in Paediatric Haematology and Oncology. Within the framework of the KPOH and GPOH: Editor-in-Chief of www.kinderkrebsinfo.de since 2002 and of www.kinderblutkrankheiten.de since 2011.

Studies of languages (English, Spanish) and biology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. 1992 Diploma. 1992 to1997 biologist at the Zoological Institute, University of Heidelberg, and at CIBA Geigy, Basel, Switzerland. 1998 to 1999 editorial board member for "einblick" at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg. 1999 to 2004 scientific and medical journalist, editor and technical translator for various organisations, amongst others the press office of the Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, and the German Cancer Society in Frankfurt, Germany. Since 2004 editor for kinderkrebsinfo.de.

Training as a paediatric nurse, studies in health care education at the Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany. Since 1986 active in public health, including 12 years as a paediatric nurse in the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité Berlin, and one year as a study nurse. Since 2003 member of the study centre of the ALL-REZ BFM trial in Berlin. Since 2009 editor of the official website of the Dept. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité, Berlin. Since 2010 editor for www.kinderkrebsindo.de.

1980 to 1986 German language and literature studies as well as studies of philosophy at the University of Hannover, Germany. 1991 to 1993, following maternity leave, training and degree in business management. From 1993 to 2008 staff member at a Swiss insurance company. Since 2008 editor for kinderkrebsinfo.de and administrative assistant of the editor in chief.

Medical School at the Free University of Berlin (FU), Germany, 1972 PhD. 1972 to 2011 paediatrician at the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital (today: Charité University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum). Focuses: treatment of children and adolescents with malignant diseases; design, realisation and analysis of multicentric clinical trials and phase I/II trials for children with leukaemia and Non-Hodgkin lymphomas. 1981 Science Award of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation, 1982 Professorship. 1983 to 2011 head of the ALL-REZ BFM trials for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - Berlin, Frankfurt, Münster. 1985 to 2011 director of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology of the Children's Hospital, Free University Berlin, then director of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology of the Children's Hospital, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum. 1988 to 2011 Professor for Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin. 1994 to 2001 Chair of the Society for Paediatric Oncology and Haematology (GPOH). 1997-2002 President of the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). 1997 Honorary Doctor Laureateship. 1998 Fritz-Acker Science Award. 2007 Wilhelm-Warner-Award for Cancer Research. 2008 German Cross of Merit. 2009 German Cancer Award. From 1999 to 2009 representative of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH). Emeritus since April 2011.

Medical School in Münster and Hamburg, Germany. 1994 PhD. 1994 to1998 scientific staff member, Dpt. of Neurosurgery, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. 1998 to 2000 postdoctoral subspecialty and research fellowship, Paediatric Oncology Program / Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada (scholarship of the German Cancer Foundation). 2000 to 2001 scholarship of the Kind-Philipp-Foundation. From 2000 scientific staff member of the Dpt. of Paediatric Oncology/Haematology, Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin. 2005 Paediatrics Board Certification. Clinical and scientific focus: paediatric neurooncology. 2002 to 2012 member of the coordination centre of the Competence Network Paediatric Oncology/Haematology (KPOH) and, until 2020, associate editor for kinderkrebsinfo.de. June 2012 Board-Certified Paediatrician and Lecturer in Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany. Since 2015 associate professor at the University of Calgary, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology Program and guest scientist with the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Charite in Berlin.

Born and raised bilingually (German and English) in the USA. High School Graduation in Rochester, NY, USA in June 2011. In 2011 biomedical research-internship in the Cancer-Aging-Research Lab of Prof. Karl Riabowol, Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, Canada. January to April 2012 clinical internship in the Saint-Elizabeth Hospital in Mettingen, Germany. Entering of medschool at the University of Rochester, New York, USA in fall 2012. Volunteer translator for kinderkrebsinfo.de from end of October 2011 until end of 2014.