Principal Investigator
Renal Division, University Freiburg Medical Center
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg
- +49(0)761 / 203-32500
- gerd.walz@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Full Professor (C4), Director, Renal Division
Academic Education
| 1976 – 1983 | Medicine, Universities Berlin & Tübingen (M.D.) |
| 1975 – 1976 | Mathematics, Technical University Berlin |
Scientific Degrees
| 1992 | Habilitation, University of Berlin (T. Diamantstein) |
| 1984 | Dissertation (Dr. med.), University of Berlin (A. Distler) |
Professional Experience
| since 2008 | Independent group leader, Centre for Biological Systems Analysis (ZBSA) |
| 1999 – present | Full Professor, Chief, Renal Division, University Freiburg Medical Center |
| 1995 – 1999 | Attending Physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA |
| 1994 – 1995 | Renal Fellow and Instructor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA |
| 1992 – 1994 | Resident, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA |
| 1987 – 1992 | Research Fellow, Department of Transplant Immunology,MolecularBiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
| 1983 – 1987 | Resident, Department of Medicine, Free University Berlin |
Other activities, awards and honours
| 2011 | Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease |
| 2010 – present | Member, National Academy of Science Germany (Leopoldina) |
| 2008 | Ernst-Jung-Prize in Medicine |
| 2006 – present | Academic Consultant of the Nephrology Institute, Changzheng Medical University, Shanghai, China |
| 2002 – 2004 | Panel Member, Welcome Trust, London |
| 1991 | Special Fellowship, Leukemia Society America, USA |
| 1989 | Transplantation Award, ASTP, Chicago |
