Professor of Nephrology Pediatric Nephrology Hannover Medical School Prof. Pape is pediatric nephrologist with a full professorship for pediatric nephrology. He is deputy director of the Department of Pediatric Liver, Kidney and Metabolic diseases of Hannover Medical School as well as head of the KfH-center for Nephrology. His main research focus is the development and establishment of biomarkers in pediatric nephrology as well as health services research mainly in transitional medicine and improvement of care after kidney transplantation. He is council member of the International Pediatric Transplantation Society and Director of Studies of the German Pediatric Nephrology Association as well as deputy chairman of the task force kidney transplantation of the GPN and the national pediatric health system advisor for dialysis. Lars Pape is editor-in-chief of “Transition Medicine”.