Ina Kopp is Director of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies´ Institute for Medical Knowledge-Management (AWMF-IMWi) at Philipps-University, Marburg. AWMF-IMWi coordinates and supports guideline development of the 182 societies organised under the umbrella of AWMF and is responsible for quality assurance of the National AWMF-Guideline Register which currently contains ca. 850 guidelines. To empower guideline authors of AWMF-Member Societies in their effort to adhere to international methodological standards, AWMF-IMWi established a training programme for guideline developers and AWMF-certified guideline advisors, backed by a Guidance document which has been integrated into the GIN McMaster Guideline Development Checklist and the INGUIDE programme. Additional manuals were developed in cooperation with the German Cochrane Centre. Dr. Kopp is vice chair of AWMF´s Standing Commission for Clinical Practice Guidelines, represents AWMF in the steering groups of the National Programme for Disease Management Guidelines and in the Programme for Guidelines in Oncology in Germany and is involved in several national and international quality initiatives like the National Cancer Plan and the National Quality assurance Scheme, the SCIANA Health Leaders Network and European/international guideline projects. She trained in general surgery and internal medicine, received her MD and her professorship from the University of Marburg, worked in the field of health care services research, guideline methodology and quality improvement and contributed to more than150 peer-reviewed publications in these areas.
She has served GIN since 2012 as a Trustee, Conference Co-host, Vice Chair and Chair and is active in several GIN WGs. Dr Kopp also is the official reprentative of AWMF, a GIN founder member.
Her current major interest is to digitalise Guideline Knowledge- avoiding to reinvent the wheel and onboarding perclinical and technological expertise of GIN-WG Members to achieve the digital trustworthy evidence ecosystem. In this context, she received significant research grants.
In September 2024, Ina was awarded an Honorary GIN Mastership in recognition of her expertise in the guideline field, as well as her significant contributions to GIN over the years.