Kai O. Hensel, Ph. D.

Chair of Paediatrics

• Basic and translational research: interaction of viruses and the human genome including epigenetic changes, in particular research into epigenetic mechanisms and diagnostic biomarkers
• Clinical studies: imaging in chronic diseases in childhood, connection between inflammation and cardiovascular dysfunction, pharmacological studies in children and adolescents with chronic inflammatory bowel disease or other chronic GI diseases
• Health care research: clinical guideline adherence - between guidelines and reality

PD Dr Dr Raphael Hirtz

PD Dr Dr Cho-Ming Chao, PhD

Prof Dr Stefan Wirth

Dr Valerie Orth

• Paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition (incl. upper and lower endoscopy of the digestive tract)
• Neonatology (incl. care of extremely premature babies, differentiated invasive and non-invasive ventilation techniques, initial care and resuscitation of premature and newborn babies, parenteral and enteral nutrition, functional imaging techniques incl. echocardiography, sonography, etc.)
• Holistic and family-centred paediatric and adolescent medicine
• Emergency care for premature and newborn babies, infants, children and adolescents

To the CV

• Paediatrics podcast: The Expertise Pirates (www.expertise-piraten.eu)
• Clinic POL: Prematurity;
  Scientific work: How to ... present effectively (between MEduTainment and "Death by PowerPoint")
• Bio-Medical Journal Clubs
• Clinical paediatrics: paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition as well as neonatology (theory & bedside teaching)

• Paediatric gastroenterology
• Hepatology and nutrition as well as neonatology and emergency medicine
• Research in paediatrics and adolescent medicine

Scholarships
 

Further education scholarship DDG 2021
German Diabetes Association
 

Harvard Medical School - Boston Children's 2019
Hospital Hospitation Fellowship Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
 

PhD scholarship 2012 - 2016
Witten/Herdecke University
 

Lecture travel grant 2015
German Academic Exchange Service
 

Scholarship 2009 - 2011
for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), Witten/Herdecke University
 

Educational Scholarship 2009 - 2011
German National Academic Foundation
 

Educational Scholarship 2008 - 2011
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

Prizes and honours
 

DGKJ Poster Prize 2020
1st prize for the best scientific poster presentation at the DGKJ annual conference in Berlin/online
 

Biomedicine Science Award 2018

1st prize in translational research Verein zur Förderung der biomedizinischen und klinischen Forschung e.V.
 

Heinrich Sauer Prize 2017
For innovative research work in the field of clinical diabetology
 

DGKJ Poster Prize 2017
3rd prize for the best scientific poster presentation at the DGKJ annual conference in Düsseldorf
 

Innovation Award 2016
For outstanding research projects in the field of paediatric cardiology, KinderHerzNRW foundation (€ 25,000)
 

National finalist and West German vice-champion 2016
German Science Slam Championships
 

GPGE Lecture Award 2016
Best scientific lecture, GPGE/DGKJ
Annual conference in Hamburg
 

Young-Investigator-Award 2016/2015/2014
European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
 

Witten/Herdecke University Research Grant 2016/2015
For the realisation of clinical studies (2 x € 5,000)
 

Alex Mowat Prize 2015
Best scientific lecture in the field of
Hepatology, ESPGHAN Annual Conference, Amsterdam
 

Research Award 2014
For innovative, excellent paediatric infectiological
research projects - 1st prize, German
Society for Paediatric Infectiology (€ 20,000)
 

Best scientific poster 2014
1st prize, Research Day, Witten/Herdecke University
 

HELIOS Research Council Study Grant 2014
For conducting a clinical study (€ 5,340)
 

Best scientific poster 2011
3rd prize, Research Day, Witten/Herdecke University