Medical training in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism in Graz, Düsseldorf and Dallas, Texas
1995 Habilitation in Internal Medicine at Graz University Medical School
since 1997: Associate Professor at Graz University Medical School
2002 - 2003: President of the Austrian Diabetes Association
At present: Head of the Institute for Biomedicine and Health Sciences at JOANNEUM RESEARCH
Head of Department Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine at the Medical University Clinic of Graz
Vice Medical Director of the Graz University Clinic
Reviewer for the following journals: Diabetologia, American Journal of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research, European Journal of Clinical Investigations, Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology and Diabetes, British Medical Journal
Member of the Cochrane Review Group "Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases" Associate Editor for Diabetic Medicine
Awards
1989 Dr. Walter Herzig Award by ÖDV
1990 Max Kade Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Teaching Activity
Medical School at the University of Graz
National and international postgraduate courses in diabetology Awards