Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Ulrich Häring

Head of the IVth Medical Department, University of Tübingen Chair of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry

Education

• 1978
  MD thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München MD degree obtained in 1976, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München
• 1986
  "Habilitation" thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München
• 1992
  Professor of Internal Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München

Professional appointments

• 1977-1981
  Institute of Diabetes Research, Munich
• 1982-1983
  Post doctoral fellowship at the Joslin Diabetes
  Research Laboratories, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 1983-1996
  Head of the Clinical Experimental Department, Institute for
  Diabetes Research and Oberarzt, IIIrd Medical Department of the Schwabing City Hospital
• 1996-
  Head of the IVth Medical Department, University of Tübingen
  Chair of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetology, Vascular Medicine, Nephrology and Clinical Chemistry

Memberships

Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft
European Association for the Study of Diabetes
American Diabetes Association

Awards

• 1986 Bertram price of the German Association for Diabetes research
• 1989 Oskar Minkowski award, European Association for the Study of Diabetes
• 2008 Paul Langerhans award of the German Diabetes Association

Research Fields and Activities

Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and its complication and obesity using in-vitro, animal in-vivo and human studies