The Medical Faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and the Medical Section of the University of Lübeck are responsible for research and teaching university medicine in Schleswig-Holstein. In cooperation with the universities, the UKSH provides the clinical foundations for research and teaching. The close interaction of interdisciplinary research and patient care enables us to quickly transfer current research findings into modern diagnostic and therapeutic procedur, for the benefit of our patients.
With inflammation research, neurology and oncology, the Medical Faculty of Kiel has three established scientific profile areas, which are integrated into the overarching research vision „Digital Medicine - Recognition, Understanding, and Healing“. These have been in place since 2016. The main research areas of the Medical Section at the University of Lübeck are: „Infection and Inflammation“, „Brain, Hormones, Behavior“, „Medical Genetics“, „Translational Oncology“ as well as Population Medicine and Health Services Research. Since 2007, the Schleswig-Holstein Cluster of Excellence „Inflammation at Interfaces“ with its more than 300 members has been researching the causes of chronic inflammatory diseases of barrier organs such as skin, lungs, and intestines. At the end of September 2018, the research association received a positive vote of the German Research Foundation for a third funding period within the excellence strategy of the federal and state governments, as „Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation“.
UKSH physicians are involved in four German Centers for Health Research funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (Kiel, Lübeck in cooperation with Hamburg), German Center for Lung Research (Kiel, Lübeck in cooperation with the Borstel Research Center) and German Center for Infection Research (Lübeck in cooperation with Hamburg and the Borstel Research Center). The University of Lübeck has also been a partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research since 2015. The results of interdisciplinary oncological research
and therapy are also incorporated into the organ cancer centers and oncological centers of the UKSH,
which are certified by the German Cancer Society.
For students of human medicine, dentistry, and nursing science, the medical departments of the Universities of Kiel and Lübeck offer excellent teaching quality.