Markus Bredel, MD, PhD
Director, Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute Research Program
Asst. Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Lurie Center for Cancer Genetics Research and Center for Genetic Medicine
303 E Superior Street, Lurie Rm. 6-111, Chicago, IL 60611-3015
Phone: 312.503.1727, Fax: 312.503.5607
m-bredel@northwestern.edu

EDUCATION
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria  M.D.  2000        
Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Ph.D.  2001   

EMPLOYMENT/EXPERIENCE

2006-pres. Director, Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute Research Program, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2006-pers.Asst. Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2007-pres.Consulting Asst. Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
2005-2006 Vis. Asst. Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Center for Clinical Sciences Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford,CA
2003-pres.Asst. Professor of Exp. Neuro-oncology (on leave), Department of General Neurosurgery, Neurocenter, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2003-2005 Research Fellow, Division of Oncology, Center for Clinical Sciences Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
2000-2003Resident in Neurosurgery, Department of General Neurosurgery, Neurocenter, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
1998-2001Researcher in neuro-oncology, Institute of Neurology, Department of Neuropathology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1996-1997 Vis. Research Fellow in experimental neuro-oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Brain Tumor Center and Department of Neurosurgery, Pittsburgh, PA

HONORS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2006Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2006German Pfizer Research Award for Medicine, University of Freiburg
2005Finalist, Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter-Young Investigator Award 2006, Paul-Ehrlich-Society
2003-2005Scholar, Emmy-Noether Excellence Program, German Research Foundation
2003Venia legendi (Experimental Neuro-oncology), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
2003Preuss Research Award 2003, best translational neuro-oncology research, American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Section on Tumors
2002Lifeline Column, The Lancet
2002Benjamin Franklin Award, best doctoral thesis 2001, Faculty of Medicine of the Free University of Berlin
2001M.D./Ph.D., summa cum laude, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2000M.D., excellent, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1999-2000Hölderlin Foreign Exchange Scholarship, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach-Foundation and German National Merit Foundation
1997-2001Scholarship, German National Merit Foundation
1997Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer Young Investigator Award 1997 of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)


EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

2006-2007Chair, Central Nervous System Tumors Subcommittee, Scientific Program Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2006-2007 Translational Research Chair, Central Nervous System Tumors Subcommittee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2006-2007Member, Best of ASCO Program Committee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2006-2007Member, Core Reviewer Panel, Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
2006-2007Education Committee Member, Central Nervous System Tumors Track, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2005-2006Scientific Program Committee Member, Central Nervous System Tumors Subcommittee, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2005-pres. Member, Reviewer Panel, Arizona Biomedical Research Commission
2004-pres.Scientific Reviewer, Austrian National Bank, Anniversary Fund
2003-pres. Editorial Board, The Lancet Oncology
2001-pres. Scientific Reviewer, Dutch Cancer Society
2001-pres.Ad hoc Reviewer: Nature Medicine, The Lancet Oncology, PNAS, Cancer Research, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Human Molecular Genetics, Clinical Cancer Research, Cell Death and Differentiation …
  

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

2007-pres. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Tumor Group
2005-pres. The Society for Neuro-oncology (SNO)
2005-pres. European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO)
2005-pres. European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
2004-pres.American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
2004-pres.American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002-pres.German Cancer Society/Neuro-oncology Working Group (NOA)
2002-pres.Associate American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
2001-pres.German Medical Association

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PATENT
Bredel, M., Sikic, B.I.: “Protein Modulators of Resistance to Alkylating Agents” (U.S. 11/638,161)