Curriculum Vitae

PETER BANNASCH

Prof. Dr. med.

Personal

Date of birth: April 14, 1934

Place of birth: Biebergemünd, Germany

Academic Education and Appointments

1954 – 1960

Medical studies in Frankfurt/Main and Freiburg/Breisgau

1957 – 1960

Doctoral student and research assistant in the research group Preventive Medicine (Head: Prof. Dr. Hermann Druckrey), Freiburg/Breisgau

1960

Degree of Dr. med. at the University of Freiburg/Breisgau

1960 – 1962

Medical assistant in various hospitals and at the Institute for Pathology of the University of Würzburg

1963 – 1968

Scientific assistant at the Institute of Pathology of the University of Würzburg

1968

Habilitation for General and Special Pathology at the University of Würzburg

1969

University lecturer for Pathology, University of Würzburg

1969

Medical Doctor for Pathology, University of Würzburg

1973

Professor of Pathology, University of Heidelberg

1973 – 1999

Head of Division Cythopathology at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg

1974 – 2001

Member of several expert groups of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, Lyon) of WHO, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) of the United States and the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices

1981 – 1984

Chairman of the Scientific Council of the DKFZ, Heidelberg

1982 – 1986

Member of Executive Committee of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)

1984 – 1991

Chairman of the Coordination Committee for Cancer Research of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Großforschungseinrichtungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland“ (AGF, Predecessor of the Helmholtz Association)

1984 – 1996

Chairman of the Committee for Cellular and Molecular Pathology of the European Late Effects Project (EULEP)

1985 – 1988

Executive Director of the Institute for Experimental Pathology of the DKFZ, Heidelberg

1987 – 1988

Chairman of the Scientific Council of the DKFZ, Heidelberg

1987 – 1993

President of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)

1993 – 1995

Member of the Council of Federation of European Cancer Societies

1996 – 1999

Member of the Board of Trustees of DKFZ, Heidelberg

2000

Guest lecturer at Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an, China

2000 – 2002

Head of Research Group “Hepatocarcinogenese” at DKFZ, Heidelberg

2002 – 2004

Alumni Coordinator at DKFZ, Heidelberg

2004 – 2010

Chairman of the Management Board of Alumni at DKFZ, Heidelberg

2005

Guest lecturer at Tongji Medical Faculty of Huazhong University for Science and Technology, Wuhan, China