• Prof. Dr. Combs studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, with intermittent studies abroad at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA, and the University of Texas (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA; • After receiving her doctorate in 2003, she worked as a research associate in Heidelberg; • In 2009, she finished her Habilitation; • In 2011, she was working as a senior physician at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany; • Since 2014, Prof. Combs is the director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at TUM, Munich, Germany, and since 2015, she is the director of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at Helmholtz Munich; • In 2015, she initiated a Masters Course, Master of Radiation Biology; • In 2019, Prof. Combs became Chair of the Senate at TUM.
Stephanie E. Combs stands as a distinguished figure in the realm of radiation oncology, with a focal point on high-precision radiation therapy, radiobiology, and combination therapies. Her expertise extends to various domains, including brain and skull base tumors, biomarkers in radiooncology, pediatric oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, uro-oncology, gynecologic oncology, radiochemotherapy, and radioimmunotherapy. In her capacity as the director of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at Helmholtz Munich and the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), as well as Chair of the Senate at TUM, Professor Combs actively engages with interdisciplinary teams and spearheads several national and EU-wide research networks. Born in 1976, she continues to contribute significantly to the field, combining her medical studies in Heidelberg with international experiences in Norfolk and San Antonio, USA. Having completed her graduation and promotion in 2003, Prof. Combs embarked on a career as a research associate in Heidelberg. Her postdoctoral lecture qualification in 2009 paved the way for her ascent to the position of vice-chair of the radiation oncology department in Heidelberg in 2011. By 2014, she assumed the role of professor and chair at the TUM department of radiation oncology, concurrently taking charge of the Institute of Radiation Medicine at the Helmholtz Zentrum in 2015. Leading the TUM Senate from 2019 to 2022, Prof. Combs's illustrious journey reached another milestone in October 2022 when she was elected as the Dean of the TUM Faculty of Medicine.
• Basic/Translational Senior Science of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (2019); • Robert Janker Award for Palliative Medicine (2012); • Award of the Behnken-Berger-Foundation Berlin (2010); • Herrmann Holthusen Award of the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) (2010); • Sigrid and Karl-Georg Hengstenberger Award of the University of Heidelberg (2006)
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