Heinz Zwierzina MD

He is currently Professor of Internal Medicine at Innsbruck University in Austria. His specialisation is in hematology and oncology. He is an active member in many scientific research organisations and is sitting on numerous committees of international research bodies including the EORTC, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cancer Research UK and European School of Oncology (ESO).

He has coordinated a grant of the European commission (BIOMED) “Organisation of preclinical and clinical research of anticancer therapy with biological response modifiers” and is a member of the European Commission-funded Euregenethy project “Harmonization of gene therapy throughout Europe”. He was the founder and previous chairman of the EORTC Biological Therapeutics Development Group which is composed of pre-clinical and clinical scientists.

In addition, he has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and books, chaired/presented at numerous international meetings and is a member of the editorial board or reviewer for more than 15 international scientific journals.