HCKH - PI Jun Oh - Hamburg Center for Kidney Health

Laboratory for Pediatric Nephrology Research

Jun Oh
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- TEAM MEMBERS
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- CV
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- FUNDING

Jun Oh

Mission Statement

“To achieve an improvement in the treatment and diagnosis of children with kidney disease”

— Jun Oh, MD

Team Members

Post Doc

Anne Mühlig, MD/PhD

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Clinician Scientist

Jana Abt, MD

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Post Doc

Sebastian Loos, MD

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Raphael-Sebastian Schild, MD

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Clinician Scientist

Gabor Dunay, MD

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Post Doc

Kevin Paul, MD

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Post Doc

Sebastian Schulz-Jürgensen, MD

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Research

Jun Oh's scientific interests are in elucidating the pathogenesis of proteinuric diseases and transplantation immunology. He currently serves on the board of the German Society for Pediatric Nephrology (GPN), the European Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ESPN) and is member of the educational committee of the International Transplantation Pediatric Association (IPTA) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA). He published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book-chapters.

Jun Oh, MD

Head of the Divison of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Hepatology and Pediatric Transplantation

Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), University Children's Hospital
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg, Germany

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CV

Current Position

2022 - 2020	Vice-Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics
2019	Head of the Divison of pediatric Nephrology, pediatric Hepatology and pediatric Transplantation

University Training

1989 - 1995

University of Heidelberg, Tokyo and UCSD

Academic qualifications

2006 - 2020	Board certification for Pediatrics
2007	Board Certification for Pediatric Nephrology
2008	Board Cetrification for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology
2011	Habilitation (Assistant/Associate Professor)
2020	Board Certification for Transplantationmedicine
2021	Full-Professor for Pediatrics and Pediatric Transplantation

Previous professional career

Clinical postgraduate education:

since 2011	University of Hamburg, Department of Pediatrics
2007 - 2010	University of Duesseldorf, Department of Pediatrics
2004 - 2007	University of Heidelberg, Department of Pediatrics
2002 - 2004	Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
1995 - 2002	University of Heidelberg, Department of Pediatrics

Selected awards and honors

2016- 2020	Teacher of the year (Medical School UKE)
2014	Research Award of the Jackstädt-Foundation
2014	Research Award of the Peter Stiftung
2012	Research Award of the Novartis-Foundation
2011	Research Award of the University of Duesseldorf
2008	Award of the German Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Selected publications

1.	The calcium-sensing receptor stabilizes podocyte function in proteinuric humans and mice. Mühlig AK, Steingröver J, Heidelbach HS, Wingerath M, Sachs W, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Choi HY, Lim BJ, Patry C, Hoffmann GF, Endlich N, Bracke K, Weiß M, Guse AH, Lassé M, Rinschen MM, Braun F, Huber TB, Puelles VG, Schmitt CP, Oh J. Kidney Int. 2022 Jun;101(6):1186-1199. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.01.036
2.	mTOR-Activating Mutations in RRAGD Are Causative for Kidney Tubulopathy and Cardiomyopathy. Schlingmann KP, Jouret F, Shen K, Nigam A, Arjona FJ, Dafinger C, Houillier P, Jones DP, Kleinerüschkamp F, Oh J, Godefroid N, Eltan M, Güran T, Burtey S, Parotte MC, König J, Braun A, Bos C, Ibars Serra M, Rehmann H, Zwartkruis FJT, Renkema KY, Klingel K, Schulze-Bahr E, Schermer B, Bergmann C, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Beck BB, Dahan K, Sabatini D, Liebau MC, Vargas-Poussou R, Knoers NVAM, Konrad M, de Baaij JHF. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Nov;32(11):2885-2899. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021030333.
3.	An international cohort study spanning five decades assessed outcomes of nephropathic cystinosis. Emma F, Hoff WV, Hohenfellner K, Topaloglu R, Greco M, Ariceta G, Bettini C, Bockenhauer D, Veys K, Pape L, Hulton S, Collin S, Ozaltin F, Servais A, Deschênes G, Novo R, Bertholet-Thomas A, Oh J, Cornelissen E, Janssen M, Haffner D, Ravà L, Antignac C, Devuyst O, Niaudet P, Levtchenko E. Kidney Int. 2021 Nov;100(5):1112-1123. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.06.019.
4.	Hemoconcentration and predictors in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli-hemolytic uremic syndrome (STEC-HUS) Loos S, Oh J, van de Loo L, Kemper MJ, Blohm M, Schild R. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Nov;36(11):3777-3783. doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05108-6
5.	Innovating and invigorating the clinical trial infrastructure for glomerular diseases. Barisoni L, Barratt J, Campbell K, Eva L, Gillespie BS, Gipson D, Huber T, Jardine M, Kamil E, Kretzler M, Lee L, Levtchenk E, Mehr AP, Nachman PH, Oh J, Saleem M, Shankland SJ, Smith K, Smokler I, Smoyer W, Tarnoff J, Thompson A, Trachtman H, Udani S, Vivarelli M, Walker P, West M, Rovin BH. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar;99(3):519-523. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.09.038.
6.	A pediatric gateway initiative for glomerular disease: introducing PIONEER. Gipson DS, Tarnoff J, Lee L, Vivarelli M, Levtchenko E, Oh J, Smoyer WE, Desmond H, Attalla S, Trachtman H. Kidney Int. 2021 Mar;99(3):515-518. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.11.013.
7.	Steering Transplant Immunosuppression by Measuring Virus-Specific T Cell Levels: The Randomized, Controlled IVIST Trial. Ahlenstiel-Grunow T, Liu X, Schild R, Oh J, Taylan C, Weber LT, Staude H, Verboom M, Schröder C, Sabau R, Großhennig A, Pape L. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Feb;32(2):502-516. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050645.
8.	Serum indoxyl sulfate concentrations associate with progression of chronic kidney disease in children. Holle J, Kirchner M, Okun J, Bayazit AK, Obrycki L, Canpolat N, Bulut IK, Azukaitis K, Duzova A, Ranchin B, Shroff R, Candan C, Oh J, Klaus G, Lugani F, Gimpel C, Büscher R, Yilmaz A, Baskin E, Erdogan H, Zaloszyc A, Özcelik G, Drozdz D, Jankauskiene A, Nobili F, Melk A, Querfeld U, Schaefer F; 4C Study Consortium. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 27;15(10):e0240446. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240446.
9.	Podocytes Produce and Secrete Functional Complement C3 and Complement Factor H Mühlig AK, Keir LS, Abt JC, Heidelbach HS, Horton R, Welsh GI, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Licht C, Coward RJ, Fester L, Saleem MA, Oh J. Front Immunol. 2020 Aug 14;11:1833. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01833.
10.	Current understandings in treating children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. Lee JM, Kronbichler A, Shin JI, Oh J. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Apr;36(4):747-761. doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04476-9.