Dieter Häussinger#
| Membership Number: | 5993 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Häussinger |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5936-682X |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since VII/2021 professor emeritus
- 2020/2021 Senior professor at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- 2010 - 2020 Founder and Director of the W. Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Arsi University, Ethiopia
- 1998 - 2002 Dean of the Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- 1994 - 2020 Full Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine, Director of the Clinic and Policlinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- 1991 - 1994 Hermann and Lilly-Schilling-Professorship at the University of Freiburg
- 1988 Appointment as Adjunct Professor at Freiburg University
- 1985 - 1990 Heisenberg-Fellow of the German Research Foundation
- 1979 - 1994 Dept. Internal Medicine University of Freiburg
- 1978 - 1979 Esquadron physician of the 1st submarine esquadron (Kiel)
- 1976 - 1977 Physician at the County Hospital Nördlingen
- 1970 - 1976 University education in Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- Liver cirrhosis and complications
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Infectious diseases
- Cell hydration and cell function
- Liver regeneration
- Clinical and experimental hepatology
- Liver cell biology
- Amino acid and nitrogen metabolism
- Hepatobiliary transport
Honours and Awards
- 2021 EASL Recognition Award of the European Association for Study of the Liver
- 2021 Honorary member of the Northrhine-Westfalian Society of Gastroenterology
- 2020 Federal States Order of Merit of Northrhine-Westfalia (Landesverdienstorden NRW)
- 2011 Federal Order of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
- 2011 Honorary Medal of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
- 2004 Member of the North Rhine-Westfalian Academy of Science and Arts;
- 2011 - 2018 Spokesman ( "Sekretar") of the class for Natural Science and Medicine,
- 2016 - 2018 Vice President of the North Rhine-Westfalian Academy of Science and Arts
- 2002 Member of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina
- 2002 Dr. Robert-Pfleger Prize
- 2001 Géza-Hetényi-medal and Honorary Membership of the Hungarian Society for Gastroenterology
- 1998 Kone Award of the British Society for Clinical Biochemistry (Glasgow, UK)
- 1996 Nutrim Award (Maastricht, Netherlands)
- 1995 Prize of Honor of the German Order of Druids
- 1995 Guestprofessorship at the University of Siena, Italy
- 1994 Friedrich-Merz-Foundation-Guestprofessorship (J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt)
- 1991 Gottfried-Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize (German Research Foundation)
- 1989 Thannhauser Prize (German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Disease)
- 1985 Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
