Stefan Schaub

Prof. Dr. med. 
Stefan Schaub

Position(s)
Senior Physician Transplantation Immunology Nephrology

Institution
University Hospital Basel

Phone +41 61 328 67 36

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Research Focus

Immunology & Infectious Diseases

Area of Research

Kidney transplantation, especially immunological risk stratification before kidney transplantation and non-invasive monitoring after renal transplantation for a better control of immunosuppression


Approved Research Projects

Projects as PI
2017 SNF (32003B_169310 / 1) Urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial

Projects as co-applicant/ project partner
2020 Non-invasive monitoring of graft injury in solid organ transplantation using donorspecific cell-free DNA; SNF (188762): PI Ursula Amstutz, University of Bern
2018 Swiss Transplant Cohort Study; SNF (177522): PI Jürg Steiger, University of Basel


Collaborations

National Collaborations

  • With all kidney transplant centers and HLA laboratories in the context of the STCS

International Collaborations

  • Prof. Peter Nickerson, Winnipeg (Canada): Urine chemokines as biomarkers
  • GenDX, Utrecht (The Netherlands): Molecular HLA analysis
  • Dr. Matthias Niemann, PIRCHE AG, Berlin (Germany): Molecular HLA analysis

Ongoing Research Projects

Urine CXCL10 chemokine monitoring post-renal transplant: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial (to be finished 06/2022)

Exploring methods to define the immunogenicity of HLA eplets


Research Team

Gideon Hönger

Senior research associate

Phone +41 61 328 73 58
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Patricia Hirt-Minkowski

Physician

Phone +41 61 556 56 22
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Joelle Handschin

Technician

Phone +41 61 328 57 36
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Caroline Wehmeier

Physician

Phone +41 61 328 67 30
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