PROimmun

Founded in 2014, PROimmun is a non-profit association based in Freiburg, Germany working on health, medical research, education.

PROimmun e.V. is a non-profit association based in Freiburg, Germany, founded in 2014. It supports the Centrum für Chronische Immundefizienz (CCI) at the Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, which diagnoses and treats primary and secondary immune deficiencies and researches the immune system. The association works to raise public awareness of rare immune disorders and to improve the lives of affected patients and their families. Its activities include paying for genetic and immunological diagnostics for patients who cannot afford them or whose health insurance refuses coverage, funding travel and accommodation costs for patients and families, and supporting patient education days and scientific symposia. It also funds research projects on conditions such as STAT3, CTLA4 and ADA2 deficiencies, offers stipends to researchers and medical students, co-finances the PID-NET patient register, and organises school events on the immune system for pupils in the Freiburg region. Funding comes from individual donations and membership fees, and donors can receive tax-deductible receipts as the association is recognised by the Finanzamt Freiburg as charitable. The board includes Prof. Dr. Bodo Grimbacher, PD Dr. Carsten Speckmann and Cornelius Struck.