Robert Koch Institute

Robert Koch Institute

Robert Koch Institut
Founded	1 July 1891; 132 years ago (1 July 1891)
Type	Research institute
Location	Berlin, Germany
Area served	Germany
Owner	German Federal Ministry of Health
Key people	Lars Schaade (President) Johanna Hanefeld and Anke Engelbert (Acting Vice Presidents)
Website	www.rki.de/EN

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is a German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention. It is located in Berlin and Wernigerode. As an upper federal agency, it is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Health. It was founded in 1891 and is named for its founding director, the founder of modern bacteriology and Nobel laureate Robert Koch.