Thomas Eschenhagen#
| Membership Number: | 4585 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://uke.de |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 President-elect (for 2019-2021), International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
- 2016 Associate Editor, Circulation
- Since 2011, Chairman of Board of Directors, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK)
- 2010 - 2012 President European Section, International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
- Since 2002, Director, Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf
- 1998 - 2002, Director, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Unversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- 1994 - 1998, Heisenberg Stipend , German Research Foundation, DFG
- 1996 (6 months) Visiting scientist, Laboratoire de Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, INSERM U-446, Chatenay-Malabry, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular mechanisms of heart failure
- Stem cells and tissue engineering
- Molecular pharmacology of the adrenergic system
- Pharmacogenetics
Honours and Awards
- 2016 President´s Distinguished Lecture Award, International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)
- 2013 ERC Advanced Grant, European Research Council (IndivuHeart)
- 2011 Member of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina
- 2012 Outstanding Investigator Award, International Society for Heart Research, ISHR
- 2011 Ursula Händel Animal Replacement Award, German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2010 Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research (FISHR)
- 2007 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- 2005 Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA)
- 2004 Member of the Academy of Science, Göttingen
- 1997 Fraenkel Award, German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
- 1995 Sandoz Award for Translational Research, German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology
