Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases and Scientific Director, St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI).

His laboratory combines next-generation sequencing and molecular biological techniques with system biology approaches to understand the genetics and molecular pathomechanisms of rare disorders of hematopoiesis and immunity.

Academic Trajectory

Kaan Boztug, studied Medicine at the Universities of Dusseldorf, Freiburg, and London, followed by his graduate training with Iain L. Campbell  at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla (USA) and postgraduate research and clinical training with Christoph Klein at Hanover Medical School (DE).

Professional Achievements

He is director of the CeRUD Vienna Center for Rare and Undiagnosed  Diseases  and  Ludwig Boltzmann Institute  for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases. He is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at MedUni Vienna and as Consultant in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology and Head of Immunology at St. Anna Children’s Hospital. In 2019 he was awarded the Johann Wilhelm Ritter von Mannagetta Prize for Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.