About
I am a physician, neuroscientist, medical humanities scholar and educator, interested in trans-disciplinary inquiries into issues of health, illness, body, and culture. Education
PhD (in progress), University of California, Davis
MA, University of California, Davis
Dr.med, University of Mainz, Germany
MD, University of Heidelberg, Medical School Mannheim, Germany Work Shared in CORE
Syllabi
Other Publications
Herges K, De Jong B, Ko RM, Dunn C, Dunn J, Han M, Steinman L, Axtell R. Protective Effect of Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor in a new Model of Neuromyelitis Optica (2012).
Multiple Sclerosis. Apr:18(4):398-408
Herges K, Millward JM, Hentschel N, Infante-Duarte C, Aktas O, Zipp F. (2011). Neuroprotective Effect of Combination Therapy of Glatiramer Acetate and Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Neuroinflammation.
PLoS One. Jun:10: e25456
Grant J, Axtell R,
Herges K, Steinman L. Unexpected Therapeutic Benefit from Peripheral Administration of Amyloid-b in Th1- and Th17-Versions of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (2012).
Science Translational Medicine. Aug;1;4(145):145ra105
Urbanek C, Weinges-Evers N, Bellmann-Strobl J, Bock M, Dörr J, Hahn E, Neuhaus AH, Opgen-Rhein C, Ta TM,
Herges K et al. (2010).
Attention Network Test reveals alerting Network Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis. Jan;16(1):93-9
Bock M, Brandt AU, Dörr J, Kraft H, Weinges-Evers N, Gaede G, Pfueller C,
Herges K, Radbruch H, Ohlraun S et al. (2010). Patterns of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Loss in Multiple Sclerosis, Optic Neuritis and Glaucoma Patients.
Clinical Neurology Neurosurgery. Oct;112(8):647-52
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
German Studies Association, Seminar “Life Writing” Oct 5-8, 2017, Atlanta Memberships
German Studies Association (GSA)
Women in German (WiG)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA)
American Anthropological Association (AAA), Medical Anthropology
