Alexander Knuth#
Membership Number: | 7012 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
Elected: | 2024 |
Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Professor emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 2013 - 2020 CEO and Medical Director, National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), Hamad Medical Corporation of the State of Qatar, Doha, Qatar
- 2003 - 2013 Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine / Oncology, University of Zurich and University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
- 1992 - 2003 Professor and Founding Chairman, II. Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Academic Teaching Hospital Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany
- 1991 Visiting Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Seattle, Washington State, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Cancer immunology
- Gastroenterology and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
- Clinical oncology/hematology
- Cancer antigen discovery and cellular/humoral immune recognition
- Cancer immunotherapy and cancer vaccine development
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Medal, MHH, Hannover, Germany
- 2001 Fritz Acker Award for Cancer Research, Bad Homburg, Germany
- 1999 Wilhelm Warner Award for Cancer Research, Hamburg, Germany
- 1989 Investigator Award, Cancer Research Institute (CRI), New York, USA
- 1984 Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Prize for Melanoma Research, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Germany
- 1978 - 1981 DFG (Deutsche Forschungs-Gemeinschaft) Research Fellowship in Cancer Immunology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York City, USA