Prof. Dr. Niels Halama
Position:
Head of Department
Contact:
Phone:
+49 6221 56-38397
Fax:
+49 6221 56-8815
Building:
NCT
Curriculum vitae
Research Field
Tumor Immunology, Tumor inflammation, (Immunological) Biomarker Identification, Imaging Technologies, High-Throughput Processing, Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Breast Cancer, Malignant Melanoma
Study
1999 - 2005 University Heidelberg
2002 Baylor College Houston, USA
2004 Medical College of Ohio, USA
Research
2006 - 2005 Resident and Fellow, NCT
seit 2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NCT / TIGA / DKFZ
seit 2008 Coordination and program development of the medical student specialty training program in
oncology (Sozietaet Czerny), Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg
2008 - heute project leader “Immunological tumor microenvironment program”
2009 - 2014 project leader systems biology "differentiation of epithelial tissues”, BIOQUANT, Heidelberg
2007- heute certified clinical investigator in oncology, clinical trial
2012 - 2014 principal investigator of the independent (non-pharma funded) MARACON-001 clinical trial
(CCR5 blockade in advanced refractory metastatic colorectal cancer) (trial duration: 11/12-09/14)
2010 - 2011 development and requirements planning of IT infrastructure for the BMBH tissue bank at the
University Heidelberg (application plan for IT infrastructure nominated nationwide
"lighthouse project", BMBF)
2014 - heute certified clinical investigator for medicinal products
Committees
2003 - 2006 Editor and Author, Section "Endocrinology” and “Neurology", for Medicle (www.medicle.org)
2007 - heute International Cancer Microenvironment Society (ICMS)
2009 - 2012 National Society for Histotechnology (NSH), USA
2012 - heute Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie (DGfI)
2009 - heute American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), USA (AACR-sponsored membership),
member of the Cancer Immunology Working Group (CIMM)
2011 - heute International Society for Translational Medicine
Honors and stipends
1998 Scholarship from "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"
2007 Young Investigator Award, Medical Faculty University of Heidelberg
2009 Scientific Excellence Certificate & Best Poster Award, International Cancer Microenvironment
Society (ICMS)
2012 Best Poster Award AACR (highly rated by reviewers among more than 10000 posters)
2012 Cancer Research Award Dr. Feldbausch Stiftung