Maike Sander - Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- 1994 Heidelberg University (Germany); (“Summa Cum Laude”, Dr. med.)
- 1994 Free University Berlin, Graduation from Medical School
- 1987 - 1994 Göttingen and Heidelberg University, pre-clinical and medical school
- 1993 - 1994 University of California, San Francisco, Clinical Year; United States Medical Licensing Examination
- 1994 - 1999 University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Training; Mentors: Michael German, M.D., John Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D., Gail Martin, Ph.D.
Leadership Positions:
- 2022 - present Scientific Director, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, Germany
- 2012 - 2022 Director, Pediatric Diabetic Research Center, University of California, San Diego, USA
- 2014 - 2022 Co-Director, Center for Engineering in Diabetes in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
Leadership in Academic Networks (Selection):
- 2021 - present Principal Investigator, NIH/NHGRI Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium
- 2014 - 2024 Principal Investigator, NIH/NIDDK Human Islet Research Network
- 2015 - 2022 External Advisory Board, NIH/NIDDK Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium
- 2019 - 2021 Member, NIH/NIDDK Strategic Planning Committee
- 2002 - 2014 Principal Investigator, NIH-NIDDK Beta Cell Biology Consortium (Executive Committee, 2010 - 2014)
Peer Review Participation (Selection):
- 2004 - 2022 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, review committee; (Co-Chair, 2010-2013, Chair, 2018)
- 2002 - 2021 NIH, ad hoc grant reviewer, various study sections and initiatives
- 2013 - 2017 NIH, Cellular Aspects of Diabetes and Obesity study section, member and chair (2015-2017)
- 2014 - 2020 German Research Foundation and Israel Science Foundation, ad hoc grant reviewer
Speaker Invitations to Prestigious Conference Series (Selection):
- 2006, 08, 10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20: Keystone Symposia
- 2006, 09, 12, 15, 18: Rachmiel Levine Diabetes Symposium
- 2008, 10, 14, 17, 19, 20: American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting
- 2015, 17, 19, 23: Gordon Research Conference, Pancreatic Diseases
- 2014 International Society for Stem Cell Research
Conference Organizer (Selection):
- 2019 - 2021 Member, Keystone Symposia’s Study Groups
- 2021 NIH/NIDDK Workshop, Integrated physiology of the exocrine and endocrine compartments in pancreatic diseases
- 2019 Chair, Keystone Symposium, Cellular Plasticity: Reprogramming, Regeneration and Metaplasia
- 2017, 2019 Co-Chair and Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Pancreatic Diseases
- 2017 American Diabetes Association, Symposium on Epigenetics
- 2010 - 2012 American Diabetes Association, Annual Meeting
Membership in Professional Organizations:
- German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina, elected member)
- Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (elected member)
- Association of American Physicians (elected member)
- American Society for Clinical Investigation (elected member)
- American Diabetes Association
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes
- International Society for Stem Cell Research
