Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Ahmed N. Hegazy

Since 2023rnTenured W2 Professor of Translational Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlinrnrn2018 – 2023rnLichtenberg Professor of Translational Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinrnrnSince 2018rnPrincipal Investigator, German Rheumatism Research Centre BerlinrnrnSince 2017rnInternal Medicine Resident, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (Headed by Prof. Britta Siegmund); Qualification for “Facharzt Innere Medizin”rnrn2012 – 2017rnPostdoctoral Researcher, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Mentor: Prof. Fiona Powrie)rnrn2012 – 2012rnResearch Associate, Experimental Immunology and Osteoarthritis Research, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Headed by Prof. Max Löhning)rnrn2010 – 2012rnInternal Medicine Resident, Department of Gastroenterology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany (Headed by Prof. Martin Zeitz)rnrn2006 – 2007rnResearch Residence as part of Ph.D. training at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland (Mentors: Prof. Zinkernagel and Prof. H. Hengartner)

2012rnDoctor of Philosophy in Immunology (Dr. rer. nat.), “summa cum laude”; Institute of Biology, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; Dissertation: „Stability and Plasticity of T Helper Type 1 and Type 2 Differentiation Programs“rnrn2010rnDoctor of Medicine (Dr. med.), “summa cum laude”, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany; Dissertation: „Role of CD4+ T Cell-Mediated Anti-Tumor Immunity in a BCR-ABL+ Murine Model of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia“rnrn2007rnApprobation, License to Practice Medicine, Germanyrnrn2005rnStaatsexamen, Hannover Medical School, Germanyrnrn1996 – 2004rnBachelor of Medicine, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany and Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

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2023rnSuccessful evaluation of the Lichtenberg Professorship, Volkswagen Foundationrnrn2022rnAward of ERC Starting Grant 2022 “iMOTIONS” – European Commissionrnrn2018rnFellow of the BIH Clinician Scientist Excellence Programme, BIHrnrn2017rnRobert-Koch Postdoctoral Prize in Immunology, RKI Foundationrnrn2017rnElection to the Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin – Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanitiesrnrn2017rnFellow of the BIH Junior Clinician Scientist Programme, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)rnrn2017rnLichtenberg Professorship, Volkswagen Foundationrnrn2014 – 2016rnMarie Curie Actions-Intra-European Fellowship for career development, European Commissionrnrn2013 – 2014rnEMBO Long-Term Fellowship for postdoctoral researchrnrn2012rnFeodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundationrnrn2011rnDissertation Award for Tumour Research, Hannover Medical School