| Curriculum vitae |
| Current position |
| 1.1.2007 |
Chief Resident, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Basel
Head: Prof. Dr. C. Beglinger |
| Postgraduate training |
| 2004-06 |
Resident, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich
Head: Prof. Dr. M. Fried |
| 2002-03 |
Research fellow, The Martin Boyer Laboratories, University of Chicago, IBD Research Center
Head: Prof. Dr. E. Chang |
| 2002-02 |
Research fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Zurich
Head: Prof. Dr. M. Fried |
| 2001-01 |
Resident, Division of Haematology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
Head Prof. Dr. J. Fehr |
| 2000-01 |
Research fellow, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
Head: Prof. Dr. P. J. Meier-Abt |
| 2000-00 |
Resident, Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich
Head: Prof. Dr. A. Schaffner |
| 1998-99 |
Resident, Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 6 months Intensive Care Unit
Head: Prof. Dr. P. E. Ballmer |
| 1996-97 |
Resident, Aeromedical Institute, Dübendorf
Head: Prof. J. Suter |
| Prizes |
| 2004 |
Poster of distinction, DDW, New Orléans, USA |
| 2004 |
5th young investigator's meeting, "hPepT1 transports bacterial proteoglycan-derived muramyl dipeptide, facilitating activation of NFkB in the intestinal epithelial cell line Caco2/bbe", talk of distinction |
| 2006 |
IBD Jounior Prize of the SGGH |
| Grants |
| 1.1.2002 |
Roche Research Foundation with the title "Regulation and expression of intestinal bile salt and organic anion transport proteins in patients with inflammatory bowel disease" |
| 1.12.2002 |
Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant (Postdoc) with the title "Functional coupling, interaction and co-localization of DRA (down-regulated in adenoma) and hPepT1 (Human peptide transporter 1) with intestinal NHE2 and NHE3 (Na+/H+ exchanger)" |
| 1.11.2004 |
Forschungskredit University of Zurich with the title "Comparison of inflammatory bowel disease and concomitant cutaneous manifestations and psoriasis with immunohistochemical markers on tissue microarray" |
| 13.9.2004 |
Novartis Stiftung für medizinisch-biologische Forschung with the title "Effects of muramyltripeptide on intestinal epithelial cells" |
| 29.8.2006 |
Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant 320000-1114009/1 with the title "Role of bacterial derived peptides in intestinal epithelial cells in health and in patients with inflammatory bowel disease" |
