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Peter Valent

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. univ. Peter Valent

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Email: peter.valent@meduniwien.ac.at

Focus on clinical research:

  • Diagnostics, prognosis and therapy improvement in AML
  • Diagnostics, prognosis and therapy improvement in CML
  • Prognostic factors and therapy improvement in MDS
  • Diagnostics, prognosis and therapy improvement in mastocytosis
  • Therapy improvement in clinical haematology at an advanced age
  • Establishment of personalized medicine for myeloid neoplasms

 

Focus on basic research:

  • Basophilic granulocytes and tissue mast cells
  • Pathophysiology of AML, CML, MDS and mastocytoses
  • Eosinophilic granulocytes and eosinophilic leukemias
  • Oncogene-dependent signal transduction in leukemia cells
  • Identification of new therapeutic targets in neoplastic cells
  • Characterization and eradication of leukemic stem cells
  • Synergistic effect of new antileukemic drugs

Coordination of networks:

  • European Competence Network for Mastocytosis (ECNM)
  • International Cooperative Working Group on Eosinophilic Diseases (ICOG-EO)
  • Special Research Area (SFB) Myeloproliferative Neoplasia (SFB-F47)
  • Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Hematology and Oncology (LBI HO)
  • Clinical Center of Excellence of the MDS Foundation
  • Center of Excellence and Reference Center of the ECNM


Awards/Honours:

  • 1989: Paracelsus Award of the Austrian Society for Internal Medicine
  • 1989: Karl Landsteiner Award of Austr. Soc. f. Allergol. and Immunology
  • 1990: Hoechst Company Award
  • 1991: Wilhelm Türk Award of the Austr. Soc. f. Hematology and Oncology
  • 1991: Theodor Billroth Award of the Vienna Medical Council
  • 1992: Hoechst Company Award
  • 1992: Denk Award of the Austr. Soc. f. Hematology and Oncology
  • 1992: Austrian Sandoz Award
  • 1994: Denk Award of the Austr. Soc. f. Hematology and Oncology
  • 1995: Theodor Billroth Award of the Vienna Medical Council
  • 1995: Mack Forster Award of the European Soc. for Clinical Investigation
  • 2006: Middle European Award for Interdisciplinary Cancer Research