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Johannes Ring

'Johannes Ring (born 1945) is a German physician specialized as dermatologist and allergologist.

Career
From 1964-1970, Ring studied medicine and Bavarian history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). He completed both studies with a dissertation, and received his Dr. med. Doctor of Medicine in 1970 and his Dr. phil. Doctor of Philosophy in 1979, the latter with a publication describing the image of Bavaria in anglo-american journals at the beginning of the 20th century. After his dissertation, Dr. Ring worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Surgical Research at the LMU Munich. In 1976, he completed his habilitation in the field of immunology. Ring spent 1977-1978 for a research visit at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, [[California] with Professor Eng Tang. Having worked for seven years in the field of experimental immunology (with the renowned German immunologist Walter Brendel) and allergology, in 1978 Ring changed his focus to dermatology supervised by the German dermatologist Otto Braun-Falco, who headed the [[The International League of Dermatological Societies]] from 1977-1982.

In 1983, Ring began to teach as professor at the LMU Munich, and until 1990 became chief resident and director of the allergy at the dermatological clinic of the LMU. 1990-1995 Professor Ring taught at the directed

Dermatology and Allergy at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf part of the University of [[Hamburg]]in the North of Germany.

In 1995 Prof. Ring accepted the offer from the Technische Universität München to head the Department for Dermatology and Allergology Biederstein as Director and Chair. He has been filling this role and teaching at the TUM from 1995-2014. From 2001-2010 Prof. Ring acted as the Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Medicine at the TUM. Since 2009, Dr. Ring has also been directing the Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE) in Munich. Ring has co-authored over 20 books, over 600 peer-review papers, and over 400 reviews.

Professor Ring is on the board of several major professional associations. He is president of the German Academy for Allergy and Environmental Medicine (DAAU), and has been president of several other international and national societies, including the European Academy Dermatology and Venerology (EADV), the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA), the European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR), and German Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI).

Societies and organizations (excerpt)

 * European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR; 1989–1990 President)
 * German Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI; 1993-2002 President)
 * German Academy for Allergology and Environmental Medicine (DAAU, President since 2002)
 * World Allergy Organization (WAO), former International Association of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (IAACI, 1993-2000 Vice-President)
 * Germany Dermatology Society (DDG, since 1998)
 * Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA, 1994 Secretary, 2002-2006 President)
 * European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV, 2004-2006 President)

Editorial work (excerpt)

 * World Allergy Organization Journal (WAO Journal) (founding and chief editor seit 2008)
 * Allergy and Clinical Immunology International (since 2005 chief editor)
 * Allergo Journal (founding and chief editor 1992-2002)
 * Chemical Immunology and Allergy (series editor since 2005)
 * Current Allergy Reports (associated editor)

Awards and honors (excerpt)
Prof. Ring has received several national and international awards that include:  1975 Homburg-Prize 1976 Sebastian-Kneipp-Prize 1976 Albert-Knoll Prize 1983 Prize from the German Union of Allergy and Asthma (DAAB) 2002 Award from the Croation Medical Association  2005 State Medal for Health and Environment of the Free State of Bavaria  <li>Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts</li> <li>2010 Clemens von Pirquet Award, European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology (EAACI)</li> <li></li> </ul>

Quotes
<UL> <LI>If you take every three showers soaping yourself in hot water, you will develop allergies. (Lecture at TUM, Munich Feb 7, 2014)</li> <li></li> </ul>