Civitan
Center Directors' Links:
Contact CIRC Director:
Harald
Sontheimer, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Go to CIRC Medical Director's Web Site:
Alan Percy, M.D.
Director, Sparks Clinics and Clinical Research
Civitan International Research Center Director
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
Director, Civitan International Research Center
Professor, UAB Department of Neurobiology
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
Biographical
Information
Contact Dr. Sontheimer
Dr. Sontheimer is a native of Germany and received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Heidelberg where he also spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the Cancer Center. In 1989, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology at Yale University where he remained for five years before coming to UAB and the Civitan Center. He directs an active research laboratory with 15 associate scientists and post-doctoral fellows. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in scientific and clinical journals. He has delivered major lectures and conducted seminars throughout the United States and in Canada, England, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland.
In 2004, Dr. Sontheimer was chosen as the first McNulty Civitan Scientist by the Chesapeake Civitan District Foundation with funding of $200,000 to support his research. He is also principal investigator for seven active research grants with total current annual funding of nearly $1.6 million.
Dr. Sontheimer’s laboratory studies the role of glial cells, which are brain-support cells, in the development of the brain and various diseases of the nervous system. He is most recently credited with developing a novel treatment for glial-derived brain tumors based on a naturally occurring chemical isolated from the venom of the giant Israeli scorpion. This chemical, called chlorotoxin, is currently being evaluated in phase-two clinical trials after successful results in an earlier phase-one study. This breakthrough discovery has been widely reported in scientific publications and also in network news coverage and major newspapers.
Contacting
Dr. Sontheimer:
Please e-mail, FAX or telephone Administrative
Supervisor Anne Wailes to arrange meetings, inquiries,
and other matters
in regards to Dr. Sontheimer at the UAB Civitan International Research
Center. Contact information is provided below.
Anne Wailes
E-mail: AWailes@nrc.uab.edu
CIRC Phone: 205-934-8900
Neurobiology Department: 205.975.0259 (direct line)
Fax: 205.975.7394
CIRC
Street Address:
CIRC Administration Suite 329
1719 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0021
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1719 6th Avenue South, CIRC 516
Birmingham, AL 35294-0021
