Manuel Schiff

Dr Manuel Schiff is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Reference Centre for Inborn Errors of Metabolism at Necker University Hospital. After an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry and a residency in Paediatrics, he completed a PhD in mitochondrial biology, under the supervision of Dr Pierre Rustin at the University of Paris Descartes. He then was a post-doctoral fellow at Dr Jerry Vockley’s laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. His clinical research interests include mitochondrial energy metabolism, CDG and homocystinurias for which he is a partner in the European collaborative network (EHOD). His basic research interest is mitochondrial energy metabolism. He has been appointed Honorary Secretary of the SSIEM (Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism) in September 2016.