Professor
University Hospital Essen, Pediatrics III, West German Cancer Center, German Cancer Research Center (DKTK) site Essen, National Center for Tumordiseases (NCT) site Essen, ,, Germany
Professor Uta Dirksen is Vice chair of Pediatrics III, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Immunology, Cardiology and Pulmonology, founder of the AYA unit and vice director of the West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, German Cancer Research Center (DKTK) and National Center for Tumordiseases (NCT) and full professor at the University Duisburg-Essen. She is voce Chair of the Society for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology (GPOH) and President elect of the International Society for Pediatric Oncology, Europe (SIOPE). She trained at University Hospital Duesseldorf and Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, where her research focused on immune-oncology with PhD theses on pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in AML. She continued her education at the University Hospital Muenster, Westfalian Wilhelms University Muenster, where she began her sarcoma research. She is head of the collaborative Ewing Sarcoma Study Group of the GPOH and conducts first and second line clinical trials. Her laboratory is completely focused on pediatric sarcoma with a strong focus on Ewing sarcoma. To foster translational research, she has built a large network of excellence within the CESS group. Professor Dirksen has published more than 350 peer-reviewed papers, reviews and book chapters.
