Prof. Dr. med. Markus Cornberg - Curriculum Vitae

Markus Cornberg is a university professor of infectiology with a focus on hepatology. Since 2019, he has been Clinical Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Director of the Centre for Individualized Infection Medicine (CIIM). His clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with infectious liver diseases. Prof. Cornberg has been involved as principal investigator in numerous clinical trials investigating new drugs for the treatment of viral liver infections.

He was the first scientific secretary of the Competence Network Hepatitis (Hep-Net) in 2002. In February 2005, he took over the management of Hep-Net and, since 2007, the medical management of the German Liver Foundation. From 2017 to 2020, he is a member of the Scientific Committee and Governing Board of the European Liver Association (EASL). His basic scientific research focuses on the importance of cellular immune responses for disease progression and treatment response in patients with viral hepatitis.

Prof. Cornberg has published numerous original scientific papers as well as review and book chapters.