About
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h. c. Stefan Schreiber is Director of the Department of Internal Medicine I (Gastroenterology, Hepatology and more) at University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel Campus, and Director of the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology. He is spokesperson for the DFG Cluster of Excellence "Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation." Career: Born in Berlin in 1962, Schreiber studied at the University of Hamburg, UC San Diego, and Harvard University. After specialty training in Hamburg (1987–1994) he moved to Charité Berlin, where in 1994 he founded a research group on the genetic etiology of inflammatory bowel disease as a senior physician. He completed his habilitation in 1996; since 1998 he has taught at Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, additionally serving as Dean of the Medical Faculty from 2006 to 2013. Research: Schreiber's research areas include chronic inflammatory barrier diseases, gallstone disease, colorectal cancer, and longevity research. His group made significant discoveries, including disease-causing genes for Crohn's disease and the so-called "aging gene" FOXO3. The clinic he directs operates a certified liver center closely affiliated with liver transplant surgery.