Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Karin Lange, born 1959

1. Graduate psychologist (Technical University of Braunschweig)

1. Dr. rer. nat. (Technical University of Braunschweig)

1. Venia Legendi Medical Psychology (Hannover Medical School)

1. Professorship (apl.) (Hannover Medical School)

2005-2023 Head of the Research and Teaching Unit Medical Psychology Hannover Medical School

Professional activities

1980-1985 University of Technology , Braunschweig, research assistant in developmental psychology Research assistant in developmental psychology

1985 University of Duisburg Independent lecturer in developmental psychology

1985-1986 J . W. Goethe - University of Frankfurt, research assistant in developmental psychology Research assistant in developmental psychology

1986-1990 Diabetes Research Institute Düsseldorf¸ research associate Research associate in psychodiabetology

1990-2023 Hannover Medical School and Children's Hospital auf der Bult Hannover

Main areas of research

• Development, evaluation and implementation of diabetes education and treatment programs (preschool children, school children, adolescents, parents, adults with type 2 and type 1 diabetes; educational training for parents, education on early forms of type 1 diabetes, education program SPECTRUM on rtCGM); development and evaluation of education programs for less common and rare diseases (ModuS: CF, PKU, craniopharyngioma, anaphylaxis, chronic abdominal pain and others)
• Research on psychological aspects of chronic disease (quality of life, coping, acceptance, treatment adherence, psychosocial and economic long-term consequences, diabetes-specific psychological stress and disorders)
• Development and validation of psychological measurement instruments on the psychological and psychosocial consequences of chronic illness;
• Development of European standards for the care and education of children and adolescents with diabetes (Better control in pediatric and adolescent diabetes: working to create centers of reference (EU - SWEET-Project); and EU project Leonardo da Vinci: European Certified Diabetes Educator (ECDE);
• Responsible author of the international ISPAD guidelines (2014, 2018, 2022) on diabetes education and the DDG guidelines on psychosocial aspects of diabetes and psychological aspects in pediatric diabetology
• Development of counseling concepts for parents of children with congenital rare diseases, e.g. MPS, PKU, cystinosis, thyrosinemia or genetically increased risks, e.g. type 1 diabetes
• Training of diabetologists, diabetes consultants and diabetes psychologists on psychodiabetological topics and on Communications with particularly stressed patients and parents of affected children
• Physician-patient communications (training for students; physicians; psychologists) NKLM

Committee work

Spokesperson for the Diabetes Psychologist Committee (DDG) of the Working Group for Diabetes and Psychology in the DDG; long-standing board member and founding member of the Working Group for Diabetes and Psychology in the DDG; advisory board member of the Diabetologist Committee (DDG) of the DDG; founding member and long-standing board member of the Working Group for Pediatric Diabetology in the DDG; Member of the (S3) guideline commission "Diagnostics, therapy and follow-up of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents" of the German Diabetes Society (DDG) and member of the guideline commission "Psychosocial issues and diabetes mellitus" of the German Diabetes Society (DDG); 2nd chairwoman of the Competence Network for Patient Education in the DDG. Chairwoman of the Competence Network Patient Education in Childhood and Adolescence (KompaS) e. V.

Publications

More than 100 original papers on psychodiabetological topics in international and national journals; development of S3 guidelines in diabetology; development, publication and evaluation of diabetes education programs

Research awards

2008 Menarini Prize for diabetes therapy and research

2015 Gerhardt-Katsch Medal (DDG)

2015 Heinrich Sauer Prize (HDZ-NRW)

2019 Research Prize of the Heinz Bürger-Büsing Foundation

2022 ISPAD Lestradet Prize for Education and Advocacy 2022

2023 DDG Gold Badge of Honor (The badge is awarded to DDG members who have shown outstanding commitment to German and international diabetology)

2023 Honorary member of the AG Diabetes & Psychology