Torsten Zuberbier

Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité Hospital, Germany

Torsten Zuberbier

Academic positions:
- Head of the Allergy-Centre-Charité at the Dept. of Dermatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Head of the European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation (ECARF), Berlin
- Scientific Head of the Charité School for Dieticians
- Senior physician, Dept of Dermatology, Chraité Virchow Clinics, Berlin
- Secretary General of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN), Network of Excellence (since 2004)

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
- Urticaria
- Food allergy and intolerance
- Mastocytosis
- Allergic rhinitis

Basic research is focussing on experimental investigations in the pathophysiology and function of mast cells, which play a major role in the elicitation of allergic reactions in the skin and mucosa membrane. Experiments are performed primarily on human mast cells derived from skin and mucosa tissue and on mast cell precursors from the blood. The research aims at a better understanding of the development and functioning of the different mediators and factors involved in the allergic reaction and their role in other inflammatory processes as well as investigating the influence of therapeutic intervention on the allergic reaction.

Any other information:
Society Memberships:
- European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (Secretary General, Dermatology division)
- European Society for Dermatological Research
- European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology
- German Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (scientific advisory board member)
- German Society of Dermatology
- German Society of Investigative Dermatology
- Collegium Internationale Allergologicum

Dr Zuberbier is on the editorial board of the journals 'Allergy' and 'Clinical and Experimental Allergy'. He is also a member of the on the Expert Commission "Novel Food" of the German Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

: Dermatology > Urticaria, Vasculitis & Connective Tissue Disease (16 November 2005 - 29 September 2009)

Links

http://www.ecarf.org