Balázs Győrffy#
| Membership Number: | 4921 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://gyorffy.semmelweis.hu |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2020 Head of Department, Semmelweis University Dept. of Bioinformatics
- Since 2014 Momentum Group Leader, Research Centre for Natural Sciences
- 2011 - 2013 OTKA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- 2010 - 2012 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Institute of Pathology, Charite, Germany
- 2009 Associate Professor, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- 2008 HAESF Senior Leaders Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 2007 DAAD fellowship, Institute of Pathology, Charite, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- 2006 Magyary Zoltán postdoctoral fellowship, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- 2005 Research fellowship, Szentágothai János Knowledge Center, Budapest, Hungary
- 2002 - 2004 Marie-Curie fellow, Institut für Pathologie, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Transcriptomics
- Survival analysis
- Next generation sequencing
- Breast cancer
- Colon cancer
- Oncology
- Bioinformatics
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field), Clarivate
- 2022 Highly Cited Researcher (Cross-Field), Clarivate
- 2022 Excellent PhD supervisor, Semmelweis University
- 2017 Officers Cross of the Order of Merit, President of Hungary
- 2016 Huzella Tivadar Prize, Semmelweis University
- 2015 Doctor of the Academy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2013 Pro Optimo Merito in Pancreatico-Oncologia award, Simor Pal Cancer Research Foundation
- 2012 Nancy Brinker Award, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, USA
- 2011 Junior biostatistician of the year, Society for Clinical Biostatistics, Hungary
- 2008 Junior Science Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Bólyai Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Junior Pro Optimo Merito in Pancreatico-Oncologia award, Simor Pal Cancer Research Foundation
- 2005 Hungarian Clinical Oncology Association, 1st Price Award
- 1997 First place award, Semmelweis University Student Research Conference
- 1997 Dean’s Grant (first price award), Semmelweis University
