Uwe D. Staerz

Dr. Staerz has a B.S. degree in Premed and Biochemistry and an MD degree, both from Tuebingen University in Germany.

Dr. Staerz received a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of California. He was supported by scholarships from German government agencies, during medical school from the “Studienstiftung” awarded to the top 0.5% of German students and in California then from the “DAAD”. He was a fellow at The Scripps Research Institute. He directed independent research at the Basel Institute for Immunology and as tenured Professor at National Jewish Health / University of Colorado. He has been a member of scientific review committees for the NIH, the Department of the Army and various private foundations. He co-founded Greffex in 2005 as Chief Scientist.