MHH mourns the death of Professor Reinhold E. Schmidt

Schmidt. Copyright: MHH / Karin Kaiser - Dean of the Hannover Biomedical Research School and former Director of the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology died at the age of 70 Hannover Medical School (MHH) mourns the death of Reinhold E. Schmidt. The long-time Director of the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology and Dean of the Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) died on 23 January 2022 at the age of 70. "With Reinhold E. Schmidt, the MHH loses a great, internationally respected immunologist and rheumatologist who was also dedicated to promoting young scientists," says MHH President Professor Dr Michael Manns. His enthusiasm for the immune system already gripped him during his medical studies in Bonn in the seventies. Professor Schmidt, who had been working at the MHH since 1980, headed the Department of Clinical Immunology from 1995 and the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology from 2007 until his retirement in 2020. From 2004 to 2021, he was also head of the Jeffrey Model Centre for Diagnosis and Therapy of Immunodeficiencies at MHH.