Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Prof. Dr. Michael Hallek - Curriculum Vitae

Education and Professional Career

since 2022: Chairman of the German Medical Association
since 2007: Director, Center for Integrated Oncology CIO, Universities of Cologne and Bonn, since 2019, Universities of Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf
since 2003: C4-Professor, University of Cologne
1999-2003: C3-Professor, University of Munich
1998-2005: Head, Clinical Cooperation Group GSF (Helmholtz Institute) Munich
1995-2003: Senior Consultant, University of Munich
1994-2005: Research Group Leader, Gene Center Munich
1990-1992: Research Associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA
1985-2003: Residences and training in pharmacology, internal medicine, hematology and oncology at the Technical University (Rechts der Isar Hospital) and University of Munich (Innenstadt and Grosshadern Hospitals)

Awards, Distinctions and Additional Professional Activities

since 2020: Associate Editor of BLOOD
since 2019: Co-Chair, Strategy Advisory Board “National Decade against Cancer”, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
since 2019: Member of the Supervisory Board of the University Hospital Munich
since 2019: President, Walter-Siegenthaler Society
2019: José Carreras Award of the European Hematology Association
since 2018: Chairman Scientific Committee, European School of Haematology, Paris
2018: Ham-Wasserman Lecture, American Society of Hematology
2018: Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award
2017: Arthur Burkhardt Award
2017: German Cancer Award
2016: Walter-Siegenthaler Medal in gold
2016-2019: Chairman and 2018-2019 Executive Chairman, German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology DGHO
since 2014: Scientific Board Member and Vice-Chairman (since 2019), German Chamber of Physicians
2014-2017: Scientific Committee of the American Society of Hematology
2014-2015: President, German Society of Internal Medicine DGIM
2014: President of the German Cancer Congress
2013: Binet-Rai Medal of the International Workshop on CLL iwCLL
2013-2019: Chairman, Clinical Research Unit 286 “DNA damage response in CLL” (DFG)
2013-2016: Senate Commission “Grundsatzfragen der Klinischen Forschung”, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2012: Paul-Martini Award
2011-2019: Editor-in-Chief “Oncology Research and Treatment”
since 2011: Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
2009-2014: Chairman, Collaborative Research Center 832 “Tumor Microenvironment”
since 2008: Center of Excellence in Oncology Award, Center for Integrated Oncology CIO Cologne-Bonn
since 2000: Scientific Committee Member, International Working Group on CLL (iwCLL), Chair since 2015
1999: Artur-Pappenheim Award, German Society of Hematology and Oncology
since 1996: Founder and Chairman of the German CLL Study Group

Publications

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