The 1st retreat of the
newly established Cluster of Excellence „Precision Medicine in Chronic
Inflammation (PMI)“ took place at the Maritim ClubHotel, located in a short
distance from the fine sandy beach of the Ostsee, on a small hill.
The retreat started
with a brief introduction given by Prof. Schreiber highlighting different
projects and networking within the PMI groups. It is about the use of Schleswig
Holstein proximity to work more competitive together. The PMI includes 8
Institutions at 5 locations covering different aspects with excellent skills
with a common aim to improve the long-term clinical outcome mostly in Gut and
Skin but also covering other tissues such as Joints, Lung and Heart.
We enjoyed in the
first day highly interesting talks from 5 Clinical Demenstrators (CDs) and 4
Targets Innovation Projects (TIs) and a Keynote Speech given by Prof. Dr. med
Dragun from BIH Charité Berlin entitled: “Clinician scientists - evolving
career path in academic medicine“.
Prof. Dragun
highlighted the plethora of career possibilities for physicians. Not only
working at the hospital or in a private practice but also becoming Professor,
Academic physician, Pharma, Consulting, Management, Applied biomedical
sciences, Media and Clinician Scientists.
Up-to-date a clinician
scientist needs to cover, in addition to medicine background, knowledge not
only in molecular biology, genetics and biochemistry but also computational
sciences.
Another interesting talk was given by Mark Ellrichmann and
Jennifer Hundt on the use of in vivo optical imaging in patients with
gastrointestinal tract diseases. They beautifully presented that how in vivo
optical imaging is particularly advantageous in early detection of Barett s
espoghagou, gastric cancer and colorectal cancer. They also showed that how it
will be used in the quantification of severity of IBD.
In general, the
program was organised for the clinical scientists to bridge the gap between
science and medicine.
IA, ZA
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