Executive Directors

Managing Board

Christian Becker, PhD, PD

Position: Principal Investigator

06131 17-2917
christian.becker@unimedizin-mainz.de

Professor Sven Danckwardt, MD

Position: Professorship "Experimental Hemostasis and Laboratory Medicine", DZHK Scientist

06131 17-6041 or 17-2632
06131 17-5588
sven.danckwardt@unimedizin-mainz.de

Professor Christine Espinola-Klein, MD

Position: Physician Cardiology I, Head of Angiology

espinola@uni-mainz.de

PD Claudine Graf, MD PhD

Position: Junior group leader
Physician Outpatient Clinic

Qualifications: Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, Additional qualification: Palliative Care, Hemostaseology

06131 17-8014 (Office) bzw. -8027 (Lab)
grafc@uni-mainz.de

PD Kerstin Jurk, PhD

Position: Principal Investigator

06131 17-8278
kerstin.jurk@unimedizin-mainz.de

Professor Karl Lackner, MD

Position: Director of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

06131 17-7190
karl.lackner@unimedizin-mainz.de

Professor Thomas Münzel, MD

Position: Deputy Speaker of the CTH / Director of Cardiology I
Founding Director CTH

06131 17-5737
06131 17-5660
tmuenzel@uni-mainz.de

Marina Panova-Noeva, MD, MSc, PhD

Position: Junior group leader

06131 17-6050
marina.panova-noeva@unimedizin-mainz.de

Jürgen Prochaska, MD

Position: Junior group leader
Deputy Head Preventive Cardiology and Medical Prevention, Senior Physician Cardiology I
DZHK PI

06131 17-2594
juergen.prochaska@unimedizin-mainz.de
Further Information

Professor Philip Wenzel, MD

Position: Deputy director Cardiology I, DZHK Principal Investigator

06131 17-7695
wenzelp@uni-mainz.de

Professor Philipp Wild, MD, MSc

Position: Preventive Cardiology and Medical Prevention, Professorship „Clinical Epidemiology“, Coordinator Gutenberg Health Study (GHS), Principal Investigator Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung (DZHK)

Central Institutions

The CTH is closely associated with the central institutions to create a interdisciplinary research environment:

• Cardiology I (Cardiology / Angiology)
  Director: Professor Thomas Münzel, MD
• Department of Medicine 3 (Hematology / Oncology / Pneumology)
  Director: Professor Matthias Theobald, MD
• Institute of Pharmacology
  Director: Professor Ulrich Förstermann, MD
• Department of Dermatology
  Director: Professor Stephan Grabbe, MD
• Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
  Director: Professor Karl Lackner, MD
• Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI)
  Director: Professor Maria Blettner, MD
• Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Trials (IZKS) (assoziiert)
  Leader: Professor Annegret Kuhn, MD

Organizational Chart