Peter Holzer#
| Membership Number: | 6927 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://forschung.medunigraz.at/fodok/suche.medonline_person?sprache_in=de&medonline_person_id_in=51529 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5754-395X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - 2027 Chair, Ombuds Committee for Good Scientific Practice, Medical University of Graz
- 2012 - 2020 Dean of Doctoral Studies, Medical University of Graz
- 2008 - present Professor of Experimental Neurogastroenterology (Professor emeritus since October 2016), Medical University of Graz
- 1994 - 1998 Chairman, European Neuropeptide Club
- 1994 - 1998 Secretary, IUPHAR Section of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology
- 1993 - 2008 University Professor by title (Neuropharmacology), University of Graz (1993 - 2003), Medical University of Graz (2004 - 2008)
- 1989 Max Kade Foundation Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (1 year)
- 1985 - 1993 University Docent (Neuropharmacology), University of Graz
- 1980 British Council Scholar, University of Cambridge, UK (one academic year)
- 1977 - 1985 Assistant Professor (Pharmacology), University of Graz
Fields of Scholarship
- Potential role of the gastrointestinal microbiota in nutrition-related brain dysfunction
- Neurogenic inflammation and its mediators
- Translational models in pharmacology and neuroscience
- Communication between gastrointestinal tract and brain via neuronal, endocrine and immune pathways
- Analysis of the opioid system in the gastrointestinal tract
- Capsaicin-sensitive neurons in gastric mucosal blood flow and protection of the gastric mucosa
- Neuropeptides
- Gastric acid induced signalling to the brain mediated by vagal afferent neurons
- Neuropharmacological analysis of the effect of peripheral immune activation
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Ring of Honour, Medical University of Graz
- 2020 Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Impact Award, International Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society, USA
- 2014 Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society
- 2012 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
- 2008 Research Prize of the Austrian Pain Society
- 2006 Masters Award, American Gastroenterological Association, USA
- 2006 Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2003 Highly Cited Author in Pharmacology, ISI Thomson, USA
- 2003 Medal of Pioneers, Polish Physiological Society
- 2003 Miklos Jancsó Prize, University of Szeged, Hungary
- 2002 Honorary Member, Societa di Medicina e Scienze Naturali di Parma, Italy
- 2001 Societas Physiologorum Polonorum Medal, Polish Physiological Society
- 2001 Research Prize of the Province of Styria, Austria
- 1997Josef Krainer Prize for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Austria
- 1994 Research Prize of the Austrian Society of Rheumatology
- 1990 Carl von Rokitansky Prize of the Austrian Society of Pathology
- 1988 Sandoz Prize for Medicine, Austria
- 1988 C.A. Ewald Prize of the German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases
- 1982 Prize of the Theodor Körner Foundation, Austria
- 1978 Promotio sub auspiciis presidentis rei publicae (Doctoral graduation with a Ring of Honour by the Federal President of the Republic of Austria)
