Prof. Dr. med. Jürg Schwaller

Date of Birth

June 5, 1964

Citizenship

Swiss

Martial Status

Married

2014 - present

Research Professorship, University Children's Hospital beider Basel (UKBB)

2005 - 2013

Research Professorship for Childhood Leukemia (Gertrude von Meissner Foundation), Department Biomedicine (DBM) & University Children's Hospital beider Basel, CH

1999 - 2004

Head of Laboratory for Clinical Molecular Pathology, Division of Clinical Pathology, University of Geneva, CH

1996 - 1999

Research fellow in Experimental Hematology-Oncology, Brigham & Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (Prof. D.G. Gilliland)

1993

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Bern, Central Laboratory of Hematology (Prof. U. Nydegger)

1992 - 1996

Research fellow in Haematology-Oncology, Laboratory for Clinical and Experimental Research and Central Hematology Laboratory, University of Berne, Switzerland (Proff. M. Fey, A. Tobler, R. Friis)

1992 - 1994

PIAF (Interfaculty program for education young Researcher, University of Bern (Prof. M. Baggiolini)

1991 - 1992

Fellow in Clinical Pathology, Institue of Clinical Pathology, University of Zürich, CH (Proff. J. Schneider, J. Briner, P.U. Heitz)

1991

Fellow in Transfusion medicine, Central Laboratory of Hematology, Univeristy & Regional Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Bern, CH (Prof. U. Nydegger)

1990

University of Bern Medical School, Bern, CH

Journals

JEM, JCI, BLOOD, LEUKEMIA, HAEMATOLOGICA, EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, CANCER RESEARCH, ONCOGENE, CELL DEATH & DIFFERENTIATION, J PED HEM ONC, SCHWEIZ MED WOCHENSCHRIFT, J LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY, J CLIN INVEST. Since 2012: Associate Editor for HAEMATOLOGICA

Research funding organizations

Swiss National Science Foundation; Swiss Cancer League

Cancer UK; Kendall Leukemia research fund; AICR London, Wellcome Trust.

Belgian Cancer Foundation; VIB Leuven

Recherche sur cancer France

ASH

American Society of Hematology

EHA

European Hematology Association

2014

Scientific committee of the SWISS CANCER LEAGUE

2011

SWISS BRIDGE Award for Cancer Research

2011/2015

Research grant from ONCOSUISSE

2010 - 2015

Faculty at the courses for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology of the European Hematology Association (EHA)

2010

Research grant from KLBB

2010/2015

Research grant from the NOVARTIS research foundation

2010/2013

Research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation

2009

Research grant from ONCOSUISSE & KLBB (S. Rückert Stiftung)

2008

Research grants from the Susy-Rückert Foundation, the Basel Cancer League (KLBB) & the Wilhelm-Sander Foundation, Munich

2005

Research grants from SNF & ONCOSUISSE

2004

Faculty at the 9th annual Meeting of the European Hematology Association (EHA), Geneva, CH

2003

Research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation

2002

Research grant from the NOVARTIS research foundation

2001/2002

Faculty at the summer Meetings of the European School for Oncology (ESO)

Research grant from the "Cancer & Solidarity" foundation, Geneva, CH

2001/2003

Research & Development grants from the University Hospital, Geneva

2001

SIAKK/Pharmacia prize for Applied Cancer Research

2000

Research grant from the Swiss Cancer League

1999

Research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation

1998

Special Fellowship from the Leukaemia Society of America (LSA)

1997

Research Fellowship from the Foundation for Biological and Medical Research, Switzerland

1996

Research Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation

1996

Certificate of the PIAF (interfaculty for education Young Researcher), University of Bern, CH