Tobias Welte

Tobias is Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and Director of the Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases at Hannover University School of Medicine, Hannover, Germany. Previously, Professor Welte held the position of Professor of Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine and a Specialist in Infectious Diseases at the University of Magdeburg, Germany.

Professor Welte leads a multicentre research group focusing on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of respiratory infections and the pathophysiology and treatment of obstructive airway disease. He has published around 1000 papers in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to chapters in over 150 books.

Professor Welte has been the President of the European Respiratory Society and serves on the executive boards of the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL). He is also an internal advisory board member of the German Centre for Infectious Disease Research (DZIF), a member of the review panel for clinical studies of the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the Chairman of the Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAPNETZ) and the Sepsis Foundation foundation. He was previously the President of the German Society of Pneumology, President of the German Society of Sepsis, and the President of the German Society of Internal Intensive Care (DGIN). As well as being on the editorial boards of the European Respiratory Journal, Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgeon, he is also the previous Chief Editor of the European Respiratory Monograph.