Bio
Tobias V. Lanz, MD is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. William Robinson at the Department of Rheumatology / Immunology at Stanford School of Medicine, with a strong interest in basic and translational neuroimmunology. He studied medicine at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, Germany and at the University College of London and performed his MD thesis at Prof. Michael Platten's laboratory at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research in Tübingen, Germany. In 2007/2008 he worked as a research scholar in the neuroimmunological laboratory of Prof. Lawrence Steinman at Stanford. After medical school he pursued his scientific and clinical training at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Department of Neurology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany. Dr. Lanz's current research focus is on the detection of new antigenic targets of B cells in Multiple Sclerosis.
Honors & Awards
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Oppenheim Award for Multiple Sclerosis Research, Novartis (2017)
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Postdoc Scholarship, German Research Foundation (2015 - 2017)
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Carl Liebermeister Prize for outstanding medical doctoral thesis, University of Tübingen, Germany (2011)
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Postdoc Scholarship, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2010 - 2012)
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Academic Scholarship, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) (2007 - 2010)
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IZKF Poster Prize, Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), Tübingen, Germany (2006)
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Research Scholarship, Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Tübingen, Germany (2006 - 2007)
Education & Certifications
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MD, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, Medicine (2010)
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Cand Med, University College of London, UK, Neurology (2009)
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Research Scholar, Stanford School of Medicine, Neuroimmunology (2008)