Ansgar W. Lohse

Professor Ansgar W. Lohse is a distinguished academic researcher at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, where he serves in the Center for Internal Medicine at the I. Medical Clinic and Polyclinic. His clinical and research activities focus on complex liver and gastrointestinal disorders.

Dr. Lohse's research interests span several critical areas in hepatology and gastroenterology, with particular emphasis on liver inflammation mechanisms, fibrogenesis processes, and immune regulation in chronic liver diseases. His work bridges clinical practice with translational research, focusing on conditions like Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), inflammatory bowel disease, and viral hepatitis.

His research portfolio demonstrates consistent funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), with involvement in multiple Collaborative Research Centers (SFB), Clinical Research Groups (KFO), and material grants. Dr. Lohse has served in various leadership roles including principal investigator, speaker of research groups, and sub-project manager across numerous interdisciplinary projects.

• Current research examines persistent gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis
• He leads work on the Hamburg Academy for Clinical Research in Infectious Diseases (iDfellows)
• Past work investigated TGF-ß1 and PDGF in liver fibrogenesis using transgenic mouse models

His research approach integrates clinical observations with molecular mechanisms to develop better diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for challenging hepatobiliary conditions.