Curriculum Vitae & Research Profile Christoph Wanner, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Head of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Oberduerrbacherstr 6, 97080 Würzburg, Germany Tel.: +49-931-201 39030, FAX: +49-931-201 639300 E-mail: wanner_c@medizin.uni-wuerzburg.de http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/nephrologie Curriculum vitae Born 21.03.1957, Bad Mergentheim/Germany 1976-1982 Education in Medicine at the Universities of Ferrara (Italy), Berlin and Würzburg 1982 Subinternship, General Hospital, University of Singapore, Singapore 1982 Subinternship, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland 1983 Thesis (degree of M.D.) at the University of Würzburg, Department of Medicine 1983-1990 Residency and Fellowship in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Freiburg 1990 Habilitation (equivalent to PhD), Member of the Faculty Assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Freiburg 1991 German Board of Internal Medicine Examination 1992 National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Molecular Disease Branch 1993 German Board of Internal Medicine/Nephrology Examination Since 1994 Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Würzburg 2003-2009 Director, Clinical Trial Service Unit, University Hospital of Würzburg 1
Scientific Areas of Interest 1990- Role of lipids in the progression of renal disease; glomerulosclerosis, atherosclerosis in kidney failure patients 1998-2005: Principal investigator of the 4D study, a major clinical trial in diabetic patients on dialysis 2003-2011: Central Europe Coordinator of SHARP (Study of Heart and Renal Protection) 1996- Elucidation of the inflammatory response syndrome in diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease and kidney failure. 2000- Fabry disease and Fabry nephropathy 2008- Identification of risk factors responsible for progressive kidney and cardiovascular disease in large cohorts of CKD patients (Head: Clinical Trial Unit of the KfH Foundation of Preventive Medicine) Membership in scientific committees / boards / societies Professional societies 1998-2007 Steering Committee, German Society of Nephrology 1998-2007 Chairman, Kuratorium of the Germany Society of Nephrology 2003-2007 President, German Kidney Foundation 2006-2009 Vice-Chairman, German Association of Clinical Nephrology (GACN) 2006-2009 Councillor, European Renal Association ERA-EDTA 2008-2010 International Society of Renal Nutrition & Metabolism (ISRNM), Secretary 2010-2012 ISRNM, President elect 2009- Chairman, ERA-EDTA Renal Registry Active Memberships starting from 1984/86 German Society of Nephrology (DGfN) formerly GfN & GACN 1985 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) 2
1986 International Society of Nephrology (ISN) 1987 Int Soc Nutrition & Metabolism in Renal Disease (ISRNM) 1987 US National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 1988 European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplantation Association (ERA-EDTA) Editorial scientific activities 1995-2000 Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Editorial Board) 1997-2002 Kidney & Blood Pressure Research (Editorial Board) 1999-2002 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (Editorial Board) 2007-2010 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (Editorial Board) 2002-2004 American Journal Kidney Disease (Associate Editor) 2003-2008 Editor-in-chief: Kidney & Blood Pressure Research 2003-2010 Associate Editor: Journal of Renal Nutrition 2002-2011 Editorial Board: Nephron 2000- Subject Editor: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2000- Editorial Board: Clinical Nephrology 2001- Editorial Board: Kidney International 2005- Editorial Board: Port J of Nephrology and Hypertension 2006- Editorial Board: Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension 2006- Editorial Board: Folia Biologica J Cell Mol Biol From 2011 Editor-in-chief: Journal of Renal Nutrition Advisory board member and review activities 1994- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DfG), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) - Human Genome Project 2000-2006 European Best Practice Guidelines (EBPG) Haemodialysis (Part I &II), active member and advisory board member of the ERA- EDTA-Registry 2000-2006 K/DOQI, Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative: Clinical practice guidelines on managing dyslipidemias in CKD, work group member. 3
Clinical practice guidelines on prevention of diabetic nephropathy 2003- KDIGO, Kidney Disease improving Global Outcome Board of Directors (2003-2006, 2011-) Board of Councillors (2007-2011) Chair, workgroup - Guidelines on dyslipidemia in CKD (2010-ongoing) 2003-2009 Member, ERA-EDTA Registry 2005- Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) Collaboration (Lancet 2005;366:1267-1278; Lancet 2010;376:1670-1681) 2009 Reviewer, European FP7 Framework, Brussels 2010 Reviewer, Agence de Recherche, France International Education and Teaching 2000-2007 Courses on How to write a paper How to read and review a paper (World Congress of Nephrology Berlin, Oxford/UK, Austria/Innsbruck-Salzburg) 2002-2009 Lecturer - Junior Scientific Masterclass - Introduction to Medical Research / Mannheim Faculty of Medicine 2004-2011 Lecturer: ERA-EDTA: Introductory Course on Epidemiology (Rome, Toledo, Thessaloniki, Stockholm, Brussels, Salzburg) Observational studies; RCTs 2006 Lecturer ERA-EDTA Congress: Epidemiology in Kidney Disease? 2006-2008 Lecturer - ASN Course - Applying the Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Awards 1985 Award for Clinical Investigation, American Medical Association 1991 Merck Award for Clinical Investigation Hypertension 2006- Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague 2006 Josef Schneider, Theresia Foundation Award 2007 Annals Internal Medicine: reviewer award 2007 4
2007 International Distinguished Medal of the US National Kidney Foundation 2011 Honorary Member, Polish Society of Nephrology Organization of international scientific meetings 2002 President, V th International Congress of Uraemic Toxicity 2010 President, XLVII ERA-EDTA Congress - II DGfN Congress Publications in the respective field Hirsch factor 42; best cited paper 810 citations 195 original, peer review publications 365 publications in pubmed Am J Physiol, Am J Transplantation, Ann Intern Med, Am J Clin Nutr, Brit J Pharmacol, Circulation, FASEB J, Hypertension, J Am Soc Nephrol, Lancet, New Engl J Med 250 reviews and editorials 40 books and book chapters Guest Editor: Kidney International 2003, Clin Therapeutics 2007, Kidney Blood Pressure Research 2011 Co-Editor: Oxford Textbook of Nephrology 2012 5