Curriculum Vitae of Veronika Sexl
Address:
Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Vetmeduni)
Veterinaerplatz 1
A-1210 Vienna
Tel: 0043-1-25077-2910
Email: Send an email to Veronika Sexl
www.vetmeduni.ac.at/Pharmakologie
Personal Data:
| Place of Birth: | Vienna, Austria |
| Date of Birth: | February 27th, 1966 |
| Nationality: | Austrian |
| Acad. Degree: | Univ. Prof. Dr. med. univ. |
| Family Status: | two sons, born 1999 and 2004 |
| Current Position: | Chair, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna |
Scientific Education and Career History:
| 1984-1992 | Study of Medicine at the University of Vienna |
| 1989-1992 | Scholarship for extraordinarily success ("Leistungsstipendium") |
| 1991-1992 | Voluntary dissertation at the Clinic I of the Vienna General Hospital at the laboratory of Prof. W Base: “Characterization and in vitro sensitivity testing of a tumor of unknown origin” |
| 1992 | Doctor´s degree |
| 1992–1996 | Research Associate at the Institute of Pharmacology at the University of Vienna |
| 1996 | Three months fellowship at the laboratory of James Roberts, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, USA |
| 1996–1998 | Erwin-Schrödinger-Stipendium/postdoctoral fellowship of the FWF, Dept. Tumor Cell Biology, Laboratory of Prof. Charles J. Sherr, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN |
| 1998–2000 | Postdoctoral fellowship, Dept. Biochemistry, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Dept. for Biochemistry, Laboratory of Prof. James N. Ihle, Memphis, TN |
| 2001 | Venia Docendi of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Titel: “Signaling pathways involved in growth and transformation”) Extraordinary University Professor for Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| 2002 | Medical specialist for Pharmacology and Toxicology – “Facharzt” |
| 2007 | Professor for „Signal transduction and molecular targeted therapies“ at the Medical University of Vienna |
| 2010 | Chair, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Veterinary University of Vienna |
Major Awards:
| 2003-2005 | Award for Innovative Interdisciplinary Cancer Research of the Vienna Fund |
| 2004 | Billroth-Award of the Austrian Medical Association |
| 2005 | Novartis Prize for Medicine |
| 2006 | Alois Sonnleitner Prize of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) |
| 2008 | „Großer zentraleuropäischer Preis des Fonds der Stadt Wien für innovative interdisziplinäre Krebsforschung“ - Major Award for Cancer Research of the Vienna Fund |
| 2015 | Elected member of the Austrian Academy of Science (OAW) |
| 2017 | Award for Medical Sciences of the City of Vienna |
Main Research Areas:
- Comparative and translational medicine using transgenic animals and human patient samples as disease models
- NK cell mediated tumor surveillance with a focus on leukemia
- Signaling pathways involved in hematopoiesis and leukemogenesis with a focus on JAK-STAT signaling and on the novel role of CDK6 as transcriptional regulator
Major Career-Related Activities:
| 2000-present | Ad hoc referee for scientific journals and funding agencies including Nature, Blood, JCI, Cancer Cell, Cancer Discovery, ... |
| 2006-present | European Academy of Sciences - Member |
| 2012-2016 | Member of the EHA (European Hematology Association) Fellowships and Grants Committee |
| 2014-2017 | PI for the Training Program in Translational Medicince of the American Society for Hematology (ASH) and EHA |
| 2013-2018 | Member of the Supervisory Board of the Medical University of Vienna "Unirat" |
| 2014-present | Austrian delegate for EMBO/EMBL |
| 2015-present | Editorial Board Member for Blood |
| 2015-2017 | Member of the EHA Board |
| since 07/2016 | Head of the Senate of the University for Veterinary Medicine Vienna |