Forschungsgebiet

Klinische Onkologie mit Schwerpunkten:
Urogenitale Tumoren, Tumorimmunologie

Frühere Positionen

1991-1992 Research Assistant,Institute of Physiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1992-1993 Intern (Internal Medicine), Thurgauisch-Schaffhausische Höhenklinik Davos, Switzerland
1994 Research Associate, Department of Inflammation/Autoimmune Diseases, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley NJ, USA
1994-1995 Intern (Internal Medicine), St. Claraspital,Basel, Switzerland
1995-1997 Intern (Internal Medicine and Oncology/Hematology)
Kantonsspital, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1997-1998 Intern (Oncology), Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Adult Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA, USA
2000-2001 Residency (Oncology), Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
2001-2007 Consultant (Oncology) Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
2008-today Senior Consultant (Oncology)Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland

Auszeichnungen

2001 "Byk-Preis"
2004 "SIAK/ESSEX Preis des Schweizerischen Institutes für angewandte Krebsforschung"

Mitgliedschaften

SGIM (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin)
SGMO (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Medizinische Onkologie)
SAKK (Schweizerische Arbeitsgruppe für Klinische Krebsforschung) in the working groups " Genitourinary Cancer", "Melanoma" and " SIAK Network Laboratory-Based Cancer Research"
ESMO ( European Society of Medical Oncology)
ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
AACR (American Association for Cancer Research)
EGCCCG (European Germ Cell Cancer Consensus Group)

Patente

Method of attenuating reactions to skin irritants, filed 26.3.2001,
International Application N° 60/278,837

Method for biomarker and drug-target discovery for prostate cancer diagnosis and
treatment as well as biomarker assays determined therewith, filed 14.5.2008,
Application F02826

Weitere Informationen

2007-heute Co-Präsidentin der SAKK Projektgruppe “Urogenitale Tumoren”