Philipp Henneke

Philipp Henneke is Associate Professor and Senior Physician in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (University Medical Centre Freiburg). He is Principal Investigator of a research and diagnostic laboratory, which focuses on “antimicrobial phagocyte biology” and „innate immunity“.
After graduating from Freie Universität Berlin, he received basic training in Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital, Freie Universität Berlin. Subsequently, he worked as a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Boston and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In 2003, he joined the Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, as an Assistant Professor in Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Philipp Henneke has received several scientific awards, such as the “Young Investigator Award” of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, the „Hugo-Schottmüller-Award“ by the German Sepsis Society and the “Science Award” by the German Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI).
Philipp Henneke’s scientific area of interest is the development of foetal/neonatal innate immunity, molecular mechanisms in receptor mediated innate immunity to Gram-positive bacteria, immunodeficiency to bacterial infections, and novel translational approaches to adjuvant sepsis therapy. His clinical specialities are bacterial sepsis, chronic viral infections (HIV, Hepatitis B/C), mycobacterial infections and congenital infections.