Meinrad Peterlik, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor emeritus
Department of Pathophysiology
(formerly General and Experimental Pathology)
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Birthdate:
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5/23/38
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Birthplace:
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Vienna, Austria
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Citizenship:
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Austria
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Education:
Institution and location
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Degree conferred
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Year
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Field of Study
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University of Vienna, Austria
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Ph.D.
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1963
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Chemistry
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University of Vienna, Austria
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M.D.
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1972
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Medicine
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA)
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1974/75
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Postdoctoral training
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Research and/or professional experience:
1964-1978
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Research Associate, Department of General and Experimental Pathology, University of Vienna Medical School
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1974-1975
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Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Biology, NYS College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA)
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1978-1983
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Associate Professor of General and Experimental Pathology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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1983-2006
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Full Professor of Pathophysiology, Head, Department of Pathophysiology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria
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Fields of Specialization:
Main field:
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Pathophysiology
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Other fields:
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Oncology, Endocrinology, Osteology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology
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Research interests:
- Electrolyte and water transport across gastrointestinal epithelia
- cellular actions of vitamin D
- calcium and phosphate homeostasis
- cytokines and bone turnover
- hormonal regulation of intestinal cell differentiation
- pathogenesis and treatment of colon cancer
- pathogenesis of osteoporosis
- hypovitaminosis D and calcium deficiency as causes of multiple chronic diseases
Administrative experience:
1983-2006
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Head, Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna
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1991-1997
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President, Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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1999-2000
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President, Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism
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1977-1995
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Executive Board Member, Austrian Society for Pathology
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1977-1995
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Secretary General, Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft
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1981, 1984, 1987 (together with Felix Bronner)
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Organizer of International Workshops on Calcium and Phosphate Transport Across Biomembranes
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1992
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XXII European Calcified Tissue Meeting
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1991, 1994, 1997
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International Conference on Progress in Bone and Mineral Research
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Memberships:
International:
- American Institute of Nutrition,
- American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
- European Calcified Tissue Society (Member of the Scientific Board, 1991-1997
- Honorary Membership of the Slovak Rheumatological Society
- Honorary Membership of the Slovak Society of Physicians – Society for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Diseases
National:
- Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Austrian Society for Pathology
- Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism
Scientific Advisory Boards:
- Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ludwig Boltzmann-Gesellschaft
- Institute for Ethics in Medicine, University of Vienna
- Bioethikkommission beim Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich
- Arbeitskreis für Vorsorge- und Sozialmedizin Vorarlberg
- Christian Doppler-Forschungsgesellschaft (Senat)
Honors and Awards:
- Award of the "Hoechst"-Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Science in Austria 1971, 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1986
- Österreichischer Staatspreis für Rheumaforschung 1985
- Austrotransplant Research Prize 1987
- Carl v. Rokitansky Prize for Research in Pathology 1989
- Erwin Uehlinger Medal of the German Society of Osteology 2002
- Großes Silbernes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich; 2006
Ad hoc Reviewer
Journals
- Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica
- Acta Paediatrica
- American Journal of Physiology
- Apoptosis
- Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Biochimica Biophysica Acta
- Bone
- Cancers
- Cell Biochemistry and Function
- Diabetologia
- Endocrinology
- European Journal of Biochemistry
- European Journal of Endocrinology
- European Journal of Pharmacology
- Experimental Gerontology
- Histology and Histopathology
- Hormone and Metabolic Research
- Hormone Research
- Immunbiology
- International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology Reports
- Nutrition
- Oncology Research
- Organization for Oncology and Translational Research
- Pediatric Health (Future Medicine)
- Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
- PloS ONE
- Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
Grant Applications
International
- Asthma UK
- Boehringer Foundation, Germany
- Bundesministeriums fuer Bildung und Forschung, Germany
- Dutch Digestive Society
- French Institute for Rare Diseases Research
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- Health Research Board of Ireland
- Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
- National Science Foundation USA
- USA-Israel Bilateral Agricultural Research and Development Fund
- Akademie der osteologischen und rheumatologischen Wissenschaften, Germany
National
- Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung
- Christian Doppler-Forschungsgesellschaft
- Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Joseph Skoda Prize of the Austrian Society for Internal Medicine
- Jubiläumsstiftung der Österreichischen Nationalbank
- Med.-wiss. Fonds des Bürgermeisters der Bundeshauptstadt Wien
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Research Prizes of the Medical University Innsbruck
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