New Medical Director of the Department of Pneumology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg
Lung disease expert wants to translate scientific advances into improved therapies more quickly
Prof. Dr. Daiana Stolz (47) has been the new Medical Director of the Department of Pneumology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg since October 1, 2021. She succeeds Prof. Dr. Joachim Müller-Quernheim, who had headed the clinic since 2002. Stolz studied human medicine at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and after working at university hospitals in Germany, Switzerland and the USA, worked at the University Hospital Basel, most recently as a senior physician in pneumology. Stolz is an expert in inflammatory respiratory diseases such as COPD and asthma, respiratory infections and interventional pneumology.
"Lung diseases such as asthma and COPD are real widespread diseases that affect around 16 million people in Germany alone. We are working on being able to offer these patients even more precise diagnoses and new therapies in the future," says Stolz. She and her research group are investigating the effect of new substances on tissue samples taken from people with the disease. "In the laboratory, we can use human cells to understand how the body reacts to certain therapies. This also allows us to identify new biomarkers that we can use to better predict the potential success of treatment. This would allow us to detect lung diseases earlier and treat them even more specifically."
After completing a Master's degree at the Harvard School of Public Health, Stolz set up his own research group at the University Hospital Basel as part of a professorship funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. "To this day, I find it very satisfying to see how scientific advances are improving treatment options," says the pulmonologist. As a board member of the European Respiratory Society, she develops quality standards for the education and advanced training of lung specialists. In doing so, she always has the needs of patients in mind: "Only if those affected and those treating them pull together can we advance common goals such as prevention, rapid diagnosis and individualized treatment options," Stolz is convinced.
Caption: Prof. Dr. Daiana Stolz
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Medical Center - University of Freiburg
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