{{Short description|German immunologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Christine Falk | citizenship = Germany | fields = Immunology | known_for = Transplantation immunology }} '''Christine Falk''' (born 5 November 1966 in Munich) is a German immunologist. She was a member of the German Federal Government's COVID-19 Expert Council (''Corona-ExpertInnenrat'').<ref name="BundesregierungExpertCouncil2">{{cite web |title=Corona-ExpertInnenrat |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/bundesregierung/bundeskanzleramt/corona-expertinnenrat-der-bundesregierung |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=Bundesregierung.de |publisher=Federal Government of Germany}}</ref> In the 2023 election of the German Research Foundation (DFG) review boards (''Fachkollegien''), Falk was elected to the review board for immunology (''Fach: 2.21-05 Immunologie'').<ref name="DFG2023Election2">{{cite web |title=Endgültiges Wahlergebnis FK-Wahl 2023 |url=https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/339180/wahlergebnis-endgueltig-fkwahl2023.pdf |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |format=PDF}}</ref>
== Career == Falk leads the Institute for Transplantation Immunology at Hannover Medical School (MHH).<ref name="RNDLockdowns2">{{cite web |date=23 January 2022 |title=Corona-Expertenrat: Mitglied Christine Falk gegen umfassende Lockerungen – Impflücke zu groß |url=https://www.rnd.de/politik/corona-expertenrat-mitglied-christine-falk-gegen-umfassende-lockerungen-impfluecke-zu-gross-NLW6FWLPF5EGRATSXYE4ZTYKBI.html |access-date=17 February 2026 |website=RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND)}}</ref>
In the 2023 DFG review board election results, she is listed among the elected members for immunology, affiliated with Hannover Medical School.<ref name="DFG2023Election2" />
== Scientific work == Falk has contributed to peer-reviewed research in transplantation immunology. She is a co-author of studies examining immune responses associated with ischemia–reperfusion injury in heart transplantation, identifying inflammatory markers relevant to graft outcomes.<ref name="PubMedHTX2">{{cite journal |year=2022 |title=Inflammatory signatures associated with ischemia–reperfusion injury in heart transplantation |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34649160/ |journal=Frontiers in Immunology |pmid=34649160 |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref>
Her scientific expertise lies in clinical immunology and translational medicine, with a focus on immune regulation in transplantation and immunocompromised patients, as reflected in her research publications and public scientific commentary.
== Public engagement == Falk has taken part in public discussions on immunology and infectious disease in German public broadcasting. In a Deutschlandfunk interview related to the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, she discussed immune tolerance and its relevance to autoimmune disease, cancer, and transplantation medicine.<ref name="DLFNobel2025">{{cite web |date=6 October 2025 |title=Medizin-Nobelpreis 2025 für Forschung zur Immuntoleranz |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/nobelpreis-medizin-2025-mary-brunkow-fred-ramsdell-shimon-sakaguchi-100.html |access-date=18 February 2026 |website=Deutschlandfunk}}</ref>
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Falk commented on immune protection and vaccination strategies, including booster immunisation and protection of high-risk groups, in national radio programmes.<ref name="DLFOmikron2021">{{cite web |date=14 December 2021 |title=Omikron – Umgeht die Variante den Immunschutz? |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/omikron-umgeht-die-variante-den-immunschutz-dlf-1ed3733e-100.html |access-date=18 February 2026 |website=Deutschlandfunk}}</ref>
She has also discussed public health measures and vaccination strategies in interviews with German health policy publications.<ref name="AOKGG2023">{{cite web |date=November 2023 |title=Corona-Impfung und Pandemie: Was schützt wirklich? |url=https://www.aok.de/pp/gg/magazine/gesundheit-gesellschaft-11-2023/corona-impfung-pandemie/ |access-date=18 February 2026 |website=G+G – Gesundheit & Gesellschaft (AOK)}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Falk, Christine}} Category:German immunologists Category:Living people Category:German medical researchers Category:German academics Category:German women scientists Category:Women immunologists Category:COVID-19 researchers Category:1966 births