Heymut Omran is a Professor in Paediatrics and Head of the Department of General Pediatrics at the University Children’s Hospital Münster, Germany. He is a Fellow of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), a member of the North Rhine Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and of the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences.
He also serves as the Coordinator of the PCD Core within the European Reference Network for rare respiratory diseases (ERN-LUNG). His research focuses on Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), including leadership of the International PCD Registry (established within the EU-funded BESTCILIA project), executive committee membership of the PCD Clinical Trial Network (PCD-CTN), and advisory roles for both the German and US PCD patient foundations. His work includes gene discovery, genotype-phenotype correlations, development of novel diagnostic tests, and advancing mRNA-based therapies for PCD.
