Teresa Kleinz

Teresa Kleinz

Clinician Scientist

Name: Teresa Kleinz

Position/Title: Research fellow at the Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck

Research Focus: (Monogenic) Parkinson’s disease, Atypical Parkinsonian syndromes, cerebellar ataxia

Address: University of Lübeck and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
BMF, Building 67, Room 57.00
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Lübeck
Germany

Phone: +49-451-31018239
Fax: +49-451-31018204
Email: teresa.kleinz@uni-luebeck.de

03/2024-present: Clinician scientist at the Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck

2020-2025: Doctoral Thesis (Characterization of autonomic neuropathies in patients with multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy)

10/2016-11/2023: Studies in medicine (University of Bochum, University of Rome, University of Bologna)

2022: Mähler-Linke-Preis (2nd prize), 95th Congress of the German Society of Neurology (DGN)

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie (DGN)
  • International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS)
  • European Academy of Neurology (EAN)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und Funktionelle Bildgebung (DGKN)
  • Kleinz T, Cavallieri F, Borsche M, Toschi G, Valzania F, Fioravanti V, Valente EM, Mitrotti P, Avenali M, Zittel S, Born R, Matarazzo M, Di Fonzo A, Monfrini E, Radefeldt M, Santinelli L, Griebner N, Shambetova C, Brand M, Gabbert C, Blauwendraat C, Trinh J, Lohmann K, Beetz C, Bauer P, Brüggemann N, Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2), Klein C. RAB32-Linked Parkinson's Disease: Deep Phenotyping, MDSGene Literature Review, and Application of SynNeurGe Criteria. Mov Disord 2025;in press.
  • Kleinz T, Cavallieri F, Borsche M, Toschi G, Valzania F, Fioravanti V, Valente EM, Mitrotti P, Avenali M, Zittel S, Born R, Matarazzo M, Di Fonzo A, Monfrini E, Radefeldt M, Santinelli L, Griebner N, Shambetova C, Brand M, Gabbert C, Blauwendraat C, Trinh J, Beetz C, Bauer P, Brüggemann N, Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2), Klein C. RAB32 -linked Parkinson's disease: Deep phenotyping, MDSGene literature review, and application of SynNeurGe criteria. Medrxiv : The Preprint Server for Health Sciences 2025;in press.
  • Cavallieri F, Fraternali A, Arnone A, Fioravanti V, Monfrini E, Di Biasio F, Toschi G, Di Rauso G, Portaro G, Grisanti S, Salomone G, Kleinz T, Mandich P, Paul JJ, Beetz C, Bauer P, Ko JH, Bauckneht M, Melpignano A, Filice A, Di Fonzo A, Klein C, Strafella AP, Valzania F. 18F-FDG PET findings in Parkinson's disease associated to RAB32 S71R variant. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2025:107343.
  • Rossi M, Schaake S, Usnich T, Boehm J, Steffen N, Schell N, Krüger C, Gül-Demirkale T, Bahr N, Kleinz T, Madoev H, Laabs BH, Gan-Or Z, Alcalay RN, Lohmann K, Klein C. Classification and Genotype-Phenotype Relationships of GBA1 Variants: MDSGene Systematic Review. Movement Disorders : official Journal of The Movement Disorder Society 2025;4:605-618.
  • Kleinz T, Scholz L, Huckemann S, Rohmann R, Kühn E, Averdunk P, Kools S, Hilker L, Bieber A, Müller K, Motte J, Fisse AL, Schneider-Gold C, Gold R, Kwon EH, Tönges L, Pitarokoili K. The association of vagal atrophy with parameters of autonomic function in multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 2024:17562864241267300.
  • Kwon EH, Bieber A, Schülken P, Müller K, Kühn E, Averdunk P, Kools S, Hilker L, Kirchgässler A, Ebner L, Ortmann L, Basner L, Steininger J, Kleinz T, Motte J, Fisse AL, Schneider-Gold C, Gold R, Scherbaum R, Muhlack S, Tönges L, Pitarokoili K. Longitudinal evaluation of polyneuropathy in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology 2024;9:6136-6146.