Dirk Schadendorf#
| Membership Number: | 7017 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.uk-essen.de/Hautklinik/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3524-7858 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present Founding Director, Research Center One Health, University Alliance Ruhr
- 2018 - present Chairman, West German Tumor Center Network
- 2013 - present Managing Director, West German Tumor Center WTZ (CCC), Essen
- 2008 - present Director, Clinic for Dermatology of the University Hospital Essen
- 1997 - 2008 Head, Clinical Cooperation Unit for Dermatooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
- 1995 - 1997 Heisenberg-Scholarship (DFG) at the Dep. of Dermatology, Virchow-Klinikum & Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, FU Berlin
- 1993 - 1995 Senior physician and scientific assistant (C1/C2)) at the Dermatology Departm. Virchow-Klinikum, HU Berlin,
- 1989 - 1993 Research associate at the Department of Dermatology, Virchow-Klinikum, FU Berlin
- 1989 Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
- 1987 - 1989 DFG- Scholarship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Skin cancer research and treatment
- Tumor heterogeneity and plasticity
- Translational research
- Target therapy
- Therapy resistance
- Special interest in tumor immunology
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Fleur-Hiege Gedächtnispreis der Deutschen Hautkrebsstiftung-Hiegestiftung
- 2018 Wilhelm-Warner Preis
- 2010 German Cancer Award by German Cancer Society/Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG)
- 1998 Vincenz-Czerny-Prize for Oncology awarded by the German Society for Hematology & Oncology (DGHO)
