Sonja Schrepfer
Professor
- DEPARTMENT University Heart Center Hamburg
Transplant and
Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab - COUNTRY USA
Research Experience
2010/2011 | Visiting Professor at the University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (Department of Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension) for 5 weeks |
2009-present | Heisenberg Professor (W3) and Lab Director at the University Heart Center Hamburg, Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Lab (TSI), Germany |
since 2009 | Visiting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Immunology |
2007-2009 | Instructor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplant Immunology Lab, Stanford, CA |
2006-2007 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford, CA; Lab Director: Robert C. Robbins, MD |
2002-2006 | -Investigator/Instructor for Basic Science at University Hospital -Hamburg (Cardiovascular Surgery/ Institute of Immunology), Germany |
2001-2002 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Munich, Germany |
1999-2001 | Doctoral Research, Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Wuerzburg, Germany |
1998-1999 | Pre-doctoral Fellow, Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Wuerzburg, Germany |
Teaching Experience
2011-present | University Hamburg, 2nd track committee for “Experimental Cardiac Surgery” and “Regenerative Medicine” |
2010-present | Mentor in the University Program “Excellent medical students” |
2010-present | Mentor in the University Program “Mentoring for female postdocs” |
2006-present | Hosting and teaching summer students in research and transplant immunology |
2006-present | Organizing and supervising weekly research meetings |
2001-present | Supervision of Medical Fellows, Undergraduate Students (3-4 each year) and Postdoctoral Fellows |
2003-2005 | Clinical teaching CV Surgery (cardiovascular diseases), University Hospital Hamburg (Germany) |
2003-2006 | Interdisciplinary course “Current questions in experimental and clinical transplantation”, University Hospital Hamburg (Germany) |
Honors and Awards
2015 | Paul Martini Prize (Award for pioneering work on new therapies for coronary heart disease and other diseases caused by vasoconstriction from the Paul Martini Foundation) |
2014 | Innovation Award of the German Academia (Innovationspreis der Deutschen Hochschulmedizin) |
2013 | Leducq Transatlantic Exchange Award (for 2 years) from the “LeDucq Fondation”, France |
2012 | TTS International Basic Science Award of the Transplantation Society |
2010 | Norman E. Shumway Career Development Award of the ISHLT (International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation) |
2009 | W3-Heisenberg-Professor (DFG) in Transplant Immunology and Stem Cell Immunobiology, Cardiac Surgery |
2009 | Best Abstract Basic Science from the German Transplant Society (DTG) |
2008 | Finalist in the Vivien Thomas Award Session of the American Heart Association (AHA) |
2008 | Best Scientific Abstract (11th Annual NewEra Cardiac Care: Innovation&Technology) |
2007 | Rudolf Pichlmayr Prize 2007 (from the German Transplant Society (DTG), “named after the pioneer of German Transplant Medicine, the prize is awarded for outstanding achievment in the transplant field”) |
2007 | Novartis Global Travel Award (Basic Science Symposium of the Transplantation Society 2007) |
2007 | ATC Young Investigator Award (American Transplant Congress 2007) |
2006 | Lilly-Research-Award for the best publication in preventive medicine (Schrepfer at al., Menopause 2006) |
2005 | Christian-Lauritzen-Award of Germany |
2005 | German Society for Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery Best Oral Presentation Award |
2005 | "Dr. Martini-Award" of Hamburg (for investigations of malononitrilamides and their relevance for organ transplantation) |
2004 | German Transplantation Society Young Investigator Award |
2003 | Doctoral Thesis Diploma of Excellency, Julius-Maximilian-University, Wuerzburg, Germany |
2002 | German Society for Thoracic- and Cardiovascular Surgery (DGTHG): Young Investigator Award for the Doctoral Thesis |
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