Stefan Michael Pfister#
© Jung/DKFZ
| Membership Number: | 7236 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.kitz-heidelberg.de/en/the-kitz/kitz-directorate/prof-dr-med-stefan-pfister |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5447-5322 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2016 Director Preclinical Research, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg
- Since 2012 Head of the Division Pediatric Neurooncology, DKFZ
- Since 2010 Consultant in Pediatrics
- 2006 - 2012 Group Leader: Molecular Genetics of Childhood Brain Tumors, DKFZ
- 2006 - 2009 Resident at Heidelberg University Hospital, Pediatric Oncology
- 2002 - 2004 Resident at Mannheim University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics
Fields of Scholarship
- Preclinical drug testing
- Single-cell analysis
- Tumor classification
- Pediatric oncology
- Molecular diagnostics
- Epigenomics
- Neuro-oncology
- Genomics
- Bioinformatics
- Patient-derived models
- Hereditary cancer predisposition
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis
- Since 2023 Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 2022 Landesforschungspreis Baden-Württemberg
- Since 2022 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- Since 2022 Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2021 Léopold Griffuel Award of the Fondation Arc, Basic Science Part
- Since 2020 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2018 Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences Award
- 2016 International price for Translational Neuroscience of the Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation
- 2014 Richtzenhain Award
- 2013 German Cancer Award (Translational part)
- 2013 Cancer Award of Württemberg
- 2011 Alfred-Müller Award for Neurooncology
- 2011 Fritz-Lampert Award for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- 2009 Kind-Philipp Award for Pediatric Oncology
- 2009 Sibylle Assmus Award for Neurooncology
- 2008 Dr. Maresch-Klingelhöffer Award for Pediatric Oncology
- 2008 Dr.-Hella-Bühler Research Award
