Dr. med. Janina Soler Wenglein

Janina Soler Wenglein, M.D., M.Sc. (she/her) is a board-certified pediatrician with additional specializations in infectious diseases, critical care medicine, and palliative care. She works as a medical researcher at the School of Medicine and serves as deputy medical head of the Infectious Diseases Department and the Emergency Department at the University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (EvKB Bielefeld). She studied medicine in Halle (Saale), Lübeck, and Hanover. After completing her studies, she underwent her residency training to become a specialist in pediatrics and adolescent medicine in Schleswig-Holstein. She earned her additional specializations at the University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (EvKB Bielefeld) and received her doctorate from the University of Kiel under the supervision of PD Dr. van Baalen on febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) in the differential diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis.

Her interest in critical care and emergency medicine, as well as infectious diseases, immunology, and autoimmunity, is reflected in her active membership and diverse activities within the medical-scientific professional societies: the German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ), the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), the Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine (GNPI), and DIVI (German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine).

Her current research interests include the transfer of knowledge from academic theory to clinical practice in undergraduate and postgraduate education; epidemiological questions regarding the burden of disease caused by childhood infections; the recognition and optimal medical management of severe pediatric conditions; and structural preparedness for pediatric emergencies (“pediatric readiness”).