Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Executive Board on scientific and strategic issues. Once a year, it conducts an independent evaluation of selected research groups and assesses the department's activities in terms of support and innovation.
Permanent Members
Prof. Roland Buhl, MD
Head of Pulmonary Department
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Expertise: Cohort Studies
Prof. Steffen U. Eisenhardt, MD
Managing Senior Physician
Head Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Hospital for Plastic and Hand Surgery of the University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Expertise: Translational studies
Prof. Ulrich Dirnagl, MD
Department Director Experimental Neurology
Founding Director BIH QUEST Center
Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Expertise: Experimental Neurology and Open Science
Prof. Pia Maria Sormani, PhD
Biostatistics Unit
Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL)
University of Genoa, Italy
Expertise: Biostatistics
Prof. Marco Valgimigli, MD
Deputy chief of cardiology
Cardio Centro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
Expertise: Randomized controlled studies
Ad-Hoc Members 2023
Prof. Florian Lordick, MD
Director Leipzig University Cancer Center (UCCL)
Leipzig University Hospital
Expertise: Clinical and translational research in gastrointestinal tract cancers
Prof. Jukka Takala, MD
Emeritus
University Hospial of Bern
Expertise: Research on the pathophysiology of multiorgan failure