Chapter 3 The team
The CAMARADES Berlin team is led by Sarah. We pride ourselves on being a diverse team, bringing together expertise that spans across various disciplines including clinical medicine, basic science, data science, and software engineering. This diverse blend of backgrounds and skills enables us to approach our research from multiple perspectives.
3.1 Current members
Sarah McCann
- Role: Working group leader (2018 - present)
- Email: sarah.mccann@bih-charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0003-4737-2349
- QUEST WG page
- Wiki WG page
- Wiki profile
Torsten Rackoll
- Role: Reserach fellow (2019 - present)
- Email: torsten.rackoll@bih-charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0003-2170-5803
- Wiki profile
- Key projects:
StrokeComorb,ODC-Stroke,INFORM-Stroke,iRISE
Sofija Vojvodic
- Role: PhD candidate (2023 - present)
- Email: sofija.vojvodic@charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5192-8982
- Wiki profile
- Key projects:
Sex differences SR,COReS
Maria Economou
- Role: Data scientist (2023 - present)
- Email: maria.economou@bih-charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0001-8199-0234
- Wiki profile
- Key projects:
INFORM-Stroke,SyRAniMOttCA,iRISE
María Arroyo Araujo
- Role: Reserach fellow (2023 - present)
- Email: maria.arroyo@charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0001-6612-0679
- Wiki profile
- Key projects:
INFORM-Stroke,DRIVES
3.2 Alumni
Alexandra Bannach-Brown
- Role: Research fellow (2020-2026)
- ORCID: 0000-0002-3161-1395
- Key projects:
TIER2,COReS,SyRAniMOttCA,SR4PhD
Friederike Kohrs
- Role: Reserach fellow & community engagement mamagement
- ORCID: 0009-0004-5696-9459
- Key projects:
TIER2,COReS
Daniel Schulze
- Role: Statistician (2023 - 2025)
- Email: daniel.schulze2@charite.de
- ORCID: 0000-0001-9415-2555
- Wiki profile
- Key projects:
COReS,INFORM-Stroke
Veena Nair
- Role: Reserach fellow (2025 – 2026)
- Key projects:
INFORM-Stroke,Sex differences SR
Mala Karmakar
- Role: Software developer
- Key projects:
SyRF,ODC-Stroke
Sarah Wendt
- Role: Research fellow (2023-2024)
- Key project:
iRISE
3.2.1 Visiting fellows
Tamires Martins
-Role: PhD student (2025 - 2026)
Giovana Vesentini
-Role: Research fellow (2026 - present)
3.2.2 MSc thesis students:
- Joachim Wahl (2021)
- María Alejandra Ospino Vergara (2022 – 2023)
- Ayesha Amin Tariq (2022 – 2025)
- Ardalan Ahmadvand (2023 - 2024)
- Mohammed Abdus Sattar [RWTH Aachen University] (2025), SexDifferences SR
3.2.3 MSc student assistants:
- Katharine Heine (2018 – 2020)
- Florenz Cruz (2020 – 2021)
- Sofija Vojvodic (2021 – 2022)
- David Hobby (2021 – 2022), StrokeComorb, COreS
- Sahrish Iqbal (2021 – 2023), StrokeComorb
- Sofija Vojvodic (2021 - 2022), StrokeComorb
- Yvonne Khor (2025 – present), SexDifferences SR, StrokeComorb, INFORM-Stroke
- Momna Hassan (2023 – 2024), COreS
- Ceren Celebi (2023 – 2024), SexDifferences SR
- Veena Nair (2023 – 2025), INFORM-Stroke, SexDifferences SR
- Alaa Abozaid (2023 – 2024), INFORM-Stroke
- Luciano Fernandez (2025), SexDifferences SR
- Zahra Sudani (2025 – present), SexDifferences, StrokeComorb, INFORM-Stroke
- Althea Mara Tomas (2025 - present), StrokeComorb