Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Junghanss

Research fellow of the Section of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital

Focus of Research:

Diagnosis and treatment of neglected tropical / infectious diseases, in particular cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, Buruli ulcer, epidemic bacterial meningitis, dengue fever and snake bite envenoming.

Cooperation with partner institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, SE Asia and Latin America. The principle approach is multidisciplinary with the aim of translating research findings into clinical practice.

Head of the Section Clinical Tropical Medicine

Senior registrar at Section Clinical Tropical Medicine

Sabbatical at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. MSc Course Public Health in Developing Countries, University of London; MSc thesis: ”Synthesising mathematical modelling, field epidemiology, clinical and laboratory sciences in lymphatic filariasis”

Senior Registrar at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basle

SHO at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basle

SHO at St. Joseph’s Hospital Anchal / South India. Visiting doctor at the School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta, and at the Leprosy Hospital, Chettipatty / South India.

apl. Professor, University of Heidelberg / Germany

Habilitation at the University of Heidelberg (“Evidence-based algorithms for treating envenomings and poisonings”)

MSc PHDC, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London/UK and University of London

Medical Doctorate, University of Göttingen / Germany („Distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in Kerala / South India: diagnostics, epidemiology and ecology of the parasite“)

Clinical training in Germany and UK

Medical School, University Hospital Göttingen / Germany

Geology at University of Göttingen / Germany and University of Reading / UK: Diploma

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande) awarded for Tropical Medicine 2016

Member of the WHO Snakebite envenoming (SBE) Working Group

Chair of the WHO Informal Working Group on Echinococcosis (WHO-IWGE)

Editor of Manson’s Tropical Diseases, 23rd ed (2014), Editors: Farrar J, Hotez P, Junghanss T, Kang G, Lalloo D, White NJ

President of the Federation of the European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH)

Editor of the Journal "Tropical Medicine & International Health”

Member of the clinical guideline committee of the German Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (DTG e.V.)

Diagnosis and treatment of envenoming and poisoning

Treat early and broad: thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer integrated into WHO-recommended wound management in West Africa

From Buruli anti-mycobacterial treatment to Ulcer wound healing: A prospective evaluation of clinical and laboratory parameters to distinguish mycobacterial disease, paradoxical reaction and secondary bacterial infection for targeted treatment

Modification of host – pathogen interaction in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (BU) through heat treatment: basic mechanisms and clinical applications

Meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: from the understanding of the dynamics of colonization and disease patterns to improved control

ACBRIDGE - bridging academic institutions: PhD program / Doctorial program in cooperation with the University of Ghana

Clinical Trial Planning Grant: Phase II clinical trial of stage specific treatment of cystic echinococcosis

From country level to a pan-European perspective: a coordinated approach to controlling cystic echinococcosis

Transmission dynamics of pulmonary tuberculosis between autochthonous and immigrant sub-populations

Control of tropical infectious diseases