Prof. Dr. Oliver Eickelberg

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsPneumology, Thoracic Surgery,Pathology,Gastroenterology
Keywordsa) Fibrose,, b) Hypoxie,, c) Stress Response,, d) TGF-ß, TGF-beta

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPittsburgh
InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
InstituteSchool of Medicine

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerhard H. GiebischSchool of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven
Prof. Dr. Werner SeegerMedizinische Klinik II und Poliklinik (Innere Medizin/Pneumologie), Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg (UKGM), Gießen
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/1998

Programme(s)

1997Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme
2001Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme

Nominator's project description

During the last 6 years, Dr. Oliver Eickelberg has successfully entered the field of basic research of lung diseases. He has managed to stay at the cutting edge of the international research community, and he has greatly been able to pursue research efforts that impact on the basic sciences, but also on translational clinical medicine. His research efforts at the Yale University School of Medicine have established him as an internationally recognized expert in the field of pulmonary fibrosis, especially with regards to TGF-beta, an important molecular mediator of this disease. Dr. Eickelberg will now further his research of the pathogenesis and future therapies of pulmonary fibrosis at the University of Giessen, where he will establish a laboratory focused on the basic research of pulmonary diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis and hypertension.