Johannes Oldenburg is Director of the Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine and the Haemophilia Centre at the University Clinic in Bonn, Germany. He completed his specialty training in transfusion medicine at the University of Bonn and in medical genetics at the University of Wuerzburg.
Prior to his current position, he served as Assistant Professor and leader of the research group ‘Molecular Haemostasis’ at the Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine at the University of Bonn, and as Head of the Departments of Immune Haematology and Molecular Haemostasis at the Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Haematology in Frankfurt.
Professor Oldenburg’s research interests include the molecular genetics of blood coagulation factors with an emphasis on haemophilia and vitamin K pathways. He has published more than 250 articles in these fields. Professor Oldenburg also serves as a reviewer for many professional journals in the field of haemostasis or genetics. He is or has been a member of the editorial boards of several journals in the field including Blood, The Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and Haemophilia.
Professor Oldenburg is a member of the Blood Committee for the German Ministry of Health. He was the recipient of the GEFFRUP Award from the University Clinic Bonn (1992), the Johann Lukas Schönlein Award (1996), the GTH Alexander Schmidt Award (2002), the GTH Professor Landbeck Award 2004, the Paul Martini Award (2005), the ISTH Shirley Johnson Memorial Plenary Lecture 2007 and the ISTH Biennial Investigator Recognition Award 2007.
