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The CRONIC-PPF Faculty

Ellen HEITZER
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. rer. nat. (PhD)

Utilizing Circulating Free DNA (cfDNA) to differentiate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) from other progressive pulmonary fibrosis

Full Professor for Liquid Biopsy, Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine, Head of the research unit “Liquid biopsies for personalized medicine in cancer”

Diagnostic and Research Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6, 8010 Graz
Phone: +43-316-385 73819, ✉ e-mail

WWW: Forschungsportal Med Uni Graz
ORCID: 0000-0002-8815-7859
PubMed: PubMed (nih.gov)

• Profile      • Curriculum vitae     • Publications    
Education:
2014 Habilitation
2003 – 2007 PhD thesis, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
1996 – 2003 Master degree, Department for Microbiology, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria
Positions:
2022 – present Full Professor for Liquid Biopsy, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2016 – 2022 Associate Professor, Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2015 EU-registered Clinical Laboratory Geneticist
2014 – 2016 Assistant Professor, Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2013 – 2013 Postdoctoral research fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
2010 – 2013 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Human Genetics, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2008 – 2010 Postdoctoral fellow and project manager (EU project EPCRC, FP6), Division of Oncology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
2007 – 2008 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Further achievements, functions and awards (most significant):
  • International Society of Liquid Biopsy (ISLB) Research Award (2024)
  • Christian Doppler Laboratory “Liquid biopsy for early cancer detection”. This initiative fosters collaboration between academia and industry to advance liquid biopsy technologies for early cancer detection. (2017 – 2024)
  • Coordination board lead “Research” of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Graz (2022 – present)
  • Group leader “ctDNA technologies”, European Liquid Biopsy Society (ELBS) (2020 – present)
  • Translation research committee member of transPALLAS (nominated by the ABCSG) (2020 – present)
  • Strategy Committee Member of the Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular BioMedicine (2018 – present)
  • Member of the Curricular Committee of the PhD-Faculty “Molecular Medicine” (2017 – 2025)
  • Approval Committee of the Biobank Graz, Medical University of Graz, Austria (2017 – 2019)
  • Board member of the Med Uni Graz research promotion, Medical University of Graz, Austria (2017 – 2020)
  • Board Member of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) (2016 – 2021)

03.04.2026 CRONIC-PPF · Doctoral Programme “Clinical & Research Oriented Network for Innovative Classification of Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis”