Prof Dr med Michael Kabesch

Prof Kabesch is a specialized pediatrician of pneumology and allergology. He is currently working as a full professor at Regensburg University in Germany and chief medical director head the department of Pediatric Pneumology and Allergy of the University Mother and Child Hospital St. Hedwig. His research interests are early genetic and environmental factors associated with various respiratory diseases, allergy, and immunity. He is also involved in numerous large-scale European research activities such as the GABRIEL consortium as well as the current HEALS and PICA consortia, publishing the first genome-wide association studies on asthma and other atopic diseases. His research outcomes led to more than 170 publications.