Researcher profile

Cezmi Akdis

Education: 1985 Doctor of Medicine, Uludag University School of Medicine. Bursa, Turkey 1991 Specialization in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Bursa, Turkey, 1994 Specialization in Immunology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Bursa, Turkey 1996 Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Uludag University Bursa, Turkey 2002 "Venia Legendi", Habilitation, University of Zurich, Medical Faculty 2006 Extraordinarius Professor, University Zurich, Medical Faculty 2008 Promotion rights: Science Faculty University Zurich 2013 Ordinarius Professor, University Zurich, Medical Faculty Employment History: 1985 General Practitioner, Gölhisar Health Center, Turkey 1987 Clinical Resident Infectious Diseases 5y followed by Immunology 2y Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey 1993 Assistant Professor, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey 1993-1994 Research fellow, Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Allergy Research, Basel, Switzerland 1994- Research Fellow 1998-Group Leader Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland. 2006- Director of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland. Professor University Zurich. Institutional Responsibilities: Director of the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), Davos and Professor in Zurich University Medical Faculty. Senate Member of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences: since 2014. Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology 2015-2018, Editor-in-Chief: Allergy 2018-present IF12.4. Board Member of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics: since 2019 Board Member of Academia Raetica, Canton GR, since 2016. Founded institutions: Global Allergy Asthma European Network, 2005 (GA2LEN, One of the founders, name giver and executive committee member, EU FP6 Project 15 mio Euro) Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, 2009 (Founding Directorium Member, Scientific Board Member). Swiss Research Institute for Sports Medicine (SRISM), 2018, One of the Founders, Vice President. Memberships in Panels Board: President of the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (EAACI) (15’000 members) between 2011-2013. Executive Committee Member between 2003-2015 and Vice President between 2007-2011. Executive Committee member Global Allergy and Asthma European Network 2009-2016. Directorium Member, CK-CARE Davos 2009-, Board Member, SRISM Davos 2018-. Scientific Boards: Stanford University-Sean Parker Asthma Allergy Center, ORCA- Odense, Allergopharma, Actellion, Circassia, Novartis, Aventis, TEVA, Regeneron/Sanofi, CK-CARE, Bristol-Meyer Squibb. Scientific referee for peer-reviewed journals: (Last 5 years) Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Nature Reviews in Immunology, Nature Drug Discovery, Nature Communications, Science Transl Med, Immunity, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Current Opinion in Immunology, Trends in Immunology, Journal of Clinical Investigation, J Allergy Clin Immunol. Scientific referee for international science foundations: (Last 5 years) Medical Research Council, UK, Welcome Trust Foundation, UK, Dutch Science Foundation, NL, German Science Foundation, Austrian Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Cancer Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH, USA). Membership of scientific societies: Honorary Member: Swiss Society of Allergy Immunology (SSAI, SGAI), Honorary member, Fellow: European Academy of Allergy Clinical Immunology (EAACI), Fellow: American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, FAAAAI, American Association of Science, Collegium Internationale Allergologicum (CIA, Council Member), European Respiratory Society (ERS). Honors to person: Ferdinand Wortman Prize, 1996; Hoechst Marion Roussel Award, 1998; Professor Hans Storck Award, 1998; Dr.-Karl Heyer-Preis, 1998; Sedat Simavi Medicine Award, 1998; Allergopharma Award, 2001; European Allergy Research “Gold Medal”, 2004; TUBITAK Exclusive Award, 2007; BUSIAD Award 2012; World Allergy Organization Award, 2013; American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) Elliott Middleton Memorial Lecture, 2014; European Federation of Immunology Societies World Immunology Day Lecture, 2014; Honors given by the Ozbekistan Academy of Sciences, 2015 and Capital University of Beijign, 2015; Honorary Member: Swiss Society of Allergy Immunology (SSAI, SGAI) 2016; Paul Ehrlich Award EAACI 2016; Honorary Member and Fellow: EAACI, 2018; Robert W. Goltz Lecture, Minneapolis University, 2019; Canton of Grissons Cantonal Recognition Prize, 2020; AAAAI Harold Nelson Memorial Lecture 2021; Erich Fuchs Award, German Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; 2021, Nemacolin Award, Nemacolin Society, USA; Jack Pepys Lecture, 2022, British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology; Asia Pacific Allergy Clinicalimmunology Society, Life-time achievemen