Michael Trauner#
| Membership Number: | 4621 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| ORCID: | orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-6425 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2010 Professor of Medicine, Chair of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- 2005 - 2010 Professor of Medicine, Experimental and Clinical Hepatology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 2000 - 2005 Associate Professor of Medicine (Tenure), Medical University of Graz, Austria
- 1998 - 2001 Fellow in Subspecialty Training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Graz, Austria
- 1997 - 1998 Resident in Internal Medicine (ctd.) Department of Internal Medicine, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria
- 1994 - 1997 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Internal Medicine (Section of Digestive Diseases) and Liver Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
- 1991 - 1994 Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanisms of cell injury in cholestatic and fatty liver disease
- Pharmacological treatment of cholestatic and fatty liver disease
- Molecular regulation of hepatobiliary ABC transporters and bile acid signalling in cholestatic and fatty liver disease
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
- 2020 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
- 2015 Fellow of the American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD)
- 2014 - 2016 President of the Austrian Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ÖGGH)
- 2011 Austrian Academy of Sciences (Corresponding Member)
- 2010 Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- 2008 Jack Edward Berk Memorial Lecture, Bockus International Society of Gastroenterology
- 2004 Alois Sonnleitner-Prize for Biomedicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 Rising Star in Gastroenterology, Association of National European and Mediterranean Societies of Gastroenterology (ASNEMGE)
- 2003 Novartis Prize for Medicine
- 2002 Prize for Science and Research of the Federal State of Styria, Austria
- 2001 Otto Kraupp Prize for the Best Habilitation in Medicine of the Year 2000 in Austria
- 1999 Joseph Skoda Prize of the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
- 1999 Bristol-Myers Squibb Prize of the Austrian Society of Internal Medicine
- 1998 Hoechst Prize for the Promotion of Medical Research in Austria
