Jörg Distler

Director of the Department of Rheumatology and of the Hiller-Research Center at the University Hospital Düsseldorf

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BIOGRAPHY:

Jörg Distler is Director of the Department of Rheumatology and the Hiller Research Center at the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. His research focuses on tissue remodeling in inflammatory diseases, with a particular interest in systemic sclerosis (SSc). He published > 500 Pubmed-listed articles including contributions in Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Immunology, Nature Communications, Journal of Experimental Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Science Translational Medicine with more than 36000 citations and an H-factor of 90. His work has a strong translational focus: Preclinical work from his group provided the scientific basis for several clinical trials in fibrotic diseases such as systemic sclerosis. He is principal investigators in numerous international clinical trials. He is CEO of 4D Science and Co-CEO of FibroCure, biotech companies dedicated to development of novel treatment strategies for fibrotic diseases.

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