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

Torsten Rackoll

Sofija Vojvodic

Maria Economou

María Arroyo Araujo

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

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

3.2.4 BSc student assistants:

  • Yvonne Khor (2023 – 2025), SexDifferences SR, COreS