Visiting Professorships
The international exchange of medical experts offers the opportunity to work on research projects with internationally renowned colleagues within Cologne University Medicine. Projects often gain in efficiency and depth.
In 2016, the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Medicine introduced a visiting professorship programme as part of the internationalisation of the faculty. The programme attracts internationally outstanding foreign scientists and scholars to the Faculty of Medicine for a research stay.
The Faculty of Medicine finances 2-3 visiting professorships per year, depending on the available budget, and within this framework reimburses the travel costs incurred as well as the costs for the accommodation of the guest for a period of up to three months. All other costs have to be covered by the inviting institute or clinic via third-party funds.
Note: Visiting professorships in the calendar year 2020 were cancelled due to the corona pandemic.
After the annual call to all institute and clinic directors in August and September, applications for the following year can be submitted by the inviting institute/clinic director and addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The applications are accepted by Dr. Gian Paolo Marcuzzi. In addition to a description of the joint research project, the application should include the curriculum vitae of the visiting professor to be invited, a list of the accommodation and travel expenses that are expected to be reimbursed, a list of publications and the list of his/her third-party funding, as well as the significance of the invitation for the faculty as a whole.
Realised and planned visiting professorships at the Medical Faculty from 2016 to 2025
| 1. Prof.‘ Sibel Gültekin Gazi University, Türkei; Aufenthalt: 09.-10. 2016 + 07.-08. 2017; Host: Prof. R. Büttner, Pathologie |
| 2. Prof.‘ Suzanne M. Leal Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Aufenthalt: 09.-11. 2018; Host: Prof. M. Nothnagel, Cologne Center for Genomics |
| 3. Prof.‘ Lin Fritschi Curtin University, Australien, Aufenthalt: 07.-08.2016 + 08.-09. 2018; Host: Prof. T. C. Erren, Arbeits-/Umweltmedizin |
| 4. Prof. David R. Bickers, Columbia University, USA; Aufenthalt: 2017/2018; Host: Prof.‘ C. Niessen, Dermatologie |
| 5. Dr. Micheal E. Stern, Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Aufenthalt: 09.2018 – 12.2022; Host: Prof. P. Steven, Augenheilkunde |
| 6. Prof.‘ Cecília Favali, University of Brasilia, Brasilien; Aufenthalt: 04.2019 - 02.2020; Host: Prof.‘ von Stebut-Borschitz, Dermatologie |
| 7. Prof. Mike Sapieha, University of Montreal, Kanada; Aufenthalt: vors. 04.2023; Host: Prof. T. Langmann, Augenheilkunde |
| 8. Prof. Pierre Watcho, University of Dschang, Kamerun; Aufenthalt: vors. Mitte 2025; Host: PD Dr. Filomain Nguemo, Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Institut für Neurophysiologie |
| 9. Prof. Fenga Ma, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China; Aufenthalt: vors. Mitte 2025; Host: Dr. Dr. Tomo Saric, Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Institut für Neurophysiologie |
| 10. Prof. Bill Chiu, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, USA; Aufenthalt: 06.-09.2022; Host: Dr. Janina Fischer-Mertens, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| 11. Prof.` Mitra Khalili, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Aufenthalt: 09.2022 - 06.2023, Host: Dr. Dr. Tomo Saric, Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Institut für Neurophysiologie |
| 12. Prof. Ozanan Meireles, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital USA; Aufenthalt: Juni/Juli 2023; Host: PD Dr. Hans Fuchs, Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Tumor- und Transplantationschirurgie |
| 13. Prof.‘ Sibel Gültekin, Gazi University, Türkei; Aufenthalt: vors. Mitte 2023; Host: Prof. R. Büttner, Pathologie |
| 14. Prof. Satoshi Minoshima, Department of Radiology & lmaging Sciences, University of Utah, USA; Aufenthalt: 01.11.2025 - 31.01.2026; Host: Prof. Alexander Drzezga, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin |
| 15. Prof.' Martine J. Jager, Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Medical Center, Niederlande; Kurzaufenthalte im Zeitraum vom 01.04.2024 - 31.03.2026; Host: Prof. Cursiefen, Zentrum für Augenheilkunde |
| 16. Prof.' Joanna Maria Kalucka, Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Denmark; Aufenthalt: Juni 2024; Host: Prof. Jantsch, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene |
| 17. Prof.' Sibel Gültekin, Gazi University, Türkei; Aufenthalt: ein Monat im Laufe des Jahres 2024; Host: Prof. Klußmann, Klinik für HNO |
| 18. Prof. Gang Bao, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, USA; Aufenthalt: 01.07. - 30.09.2024; Host: Prof. Pfannkuche; Institut für Neurophysiologie |
| 19. Prof.' Michelle Gray, Nursing and Midwifery of Education; Deputy Head of School; University of Newcastle, Australia; Aufenthalt: vors. 12.05. - 13.06.2025; Host: Prof.' Nicola Bauer; Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft |
| 20. Prof. Heinz Jungbluth, King's College, London, Großbritannien; Aufenthalt: vor. Mitte 2025; Host: Prof. Dötsch/Dr. Dafsari, Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin |
| 21. Prof.' Eleonora Fiorenzato, Department of Neuroscience, Universität Padua, Italien; Aufenthalt: 01.05. - 31.07.2026; Host: Prof.' Elke Kalbe, Medizinische Psychologie - Neuropsychologie & Gender Studies |
| 22. Prof. Xiaolei Ding, Department of Pharmacology, Shanghai University, China; Aufenthalt: 2 Monate in 2026; Host: Prof.' Sabine Eming, Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie |
| 23. Prof.' Suzanne M. Leal, New York Center for Statistical Genetics, Columbia University, USA; Aufenthalt: voraussichtlich vom 01.09. - 30.11.2026; Host: Prof.' Schweiger/Prof. Nothnagel, Cologne Center for Genomics |
Auswahl realisierter Publikationen
Perinatal photoperiod and childhood cancer: pooled results from 182,856 individuals in the international childhood cancer cohort consortium (I4C).
Lewis P, Hellmich M, Fritschi L, Tikellis G, Morfeld P, Groß JV, Foster RG, Paltiel O, Klebanoff MA, Golding J, Olsen S, Magnus P, Ponsonby AL, Linet MS, Ward MH, Caporaso N, Dwyer T, Erren TC.
Chronobiol Int. 2020 Apr 1:1-14. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1740724.
Shift work and cancer: more research needed from low and middle income countries.
Groß JV, Fritschi L, Erren TC.
Occup Environ Med. 2019 Jan;76(1):70. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105457.
Molecular diagnostics in odontogenic tumors.
Buettner R, Gültekin SE.
Pathologie (Heidelb). 2022 Aug;43(Suppl 1):81-85. DOI: 10.1007/s00292-022-01152-7
Unusual Presentation of an Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Metastasizing to the Mandible, Including Molecular Analysis and a Review of the Literature.
Gultekin SE, Senguven B, Isik Gonul I, Okur B, Buettner R.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2016 Oct;74(10):2007.e1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2016.06.004
The landscape of genetic alterations in ameloblastomas relates to clinical features.
Gültekin SE, Aziz R, Heydt C, Sengüven B, Zöller J, Safi AF, Kreppel M, Buettner R.
Virchows Arch. 2018 May;472(5):807-814. DOI: 10.1007/s00428-018-2305-5
A Rare Variant Nonparametric Linkage Method for Nuclear and Extended Pedigrees with Application to Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease via WGS Data.
Zhao L, He Z, Zhang D, Wang GT, Renton AE, Vardarajan BN, Nothnagel M, Goate AM, Mayeux R, Leal SM.
Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Oct 3;105(4):822-835. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.09.006.
Telomerase-targeting compounds Imetelstat and 6-thio-dG act synergistically with chemotherapy in high-risk neuroblastoma models.
Fischer-Mertens J, Otte F, Roderweiser A, Rosswog C, Kahlert Y, Werr L, Hellmann, A, Berding M, Chiu B, Bartenhagen C, Fischer M.
Cell Oncol 2022 Oct;45(5):991-1003. DOI: 10.1007/s13402-022-00702-8.
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