Em. o.Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.univ. Helmut DENK

Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz

e-mail: helmut.denk@medunigraz.at

Phone: +43 316 38571726

President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2009-2013

Full Member of the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 1991)

Scientific Expertise: Hepatology, Molecular pathology, Gastroenterology, Molecular diagnostics, Cell biology, Toxicology

Career

since 2008: Professor Emeritus of Pathology of the Dept. of Pathology of the Medical University, Graz, Austria

1983 – 2008: Full Professor of Pathology and chairman of the Dept. of Pathology of the University of Graz School of Medicine (now Medical University) Graz, Austria

1977 – 1982: Professor of Pathology and Vice-Chairman of the Dept. of Pathology of the University of Vienna School of Medicine

1976: Associate professor (Habilitation) (Pathologic Anatomy) at the University of Vienna School of Medicine

1974 - 1975: Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar at the Dept. of Pharmacology of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Awards (sel.)

1998: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

1994: Kardinal Innitzer Prize

1991: Lucie Bolte Award of the German Association for the Study of the Liver (GASL) for outstanding achievements in the field of liver research

1974: Sandoz Price for Medicine

Numerous Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies and on Editorial Boards for Scientific Journals