Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Valent

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E-Mail: peter.valent@meduniwien.ac.at

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Clinical research:

• Diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy in AML
• Diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy in CML
• Prognostic factors and therapy in MDS
• Diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy in mastocytosis
• Optimization of therapy in clinical hematology in the elderly
• Establishment of a personalized medicine in myeloid neoplasms

Basic research:

• Basophils and tissue mast cells
• Pathophysiology of AML, CML, MDS, and mastocytosis
• Eosinophilic granulocytes and eosinophil leukemia
• Oncogene dependent signaling in leukemia cells
• Identification of new therapeutic targets in neoplastic cells
• Characterization and eradication of Leukemic Stem Cells
• Synergistic effects of new anti-leukemic drugs

Coordination of networks:

• European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM)
• International Cooperative Working Group on Eosinophil Disorders (ICOG-EO)
• Special Research Area (SFB) Myeloproliferative neoplasms (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 and Honors:

• 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