Thomas Pieber | |
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Born | 25 May 1961 |
Alma mater | University of Graz |
Awards | Somogyi Award (2010) Walter Herzig Award (1989) The EFSD and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Precision Diabetes Medicine Award (2021) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Endocrinology Diabetes |
Institutions | Medical University of Graz |
Website | Prof Thomas R. Pieber |
Thomas Rudolf Pieber (born 25 May 1961) is an Austrian clinical specialist in endocrinology and diabetes. [1] He is Professor of Medicine, Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Medical University of Graz. [2] He is also Director of the Institute of Biomedicine and Health Sciences at Joanneum Research.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, he graduated with an MD from the University of Graz in 1987. [3]
Recently his research has also addressed the role of 15-hydroxy-vitamin D in immune tolerance and autoimmunity. [1]
He received the Walter Herzig Award from the Austrian Diabetes Association in 1989, [3] and the Somogyi Award from the Hungarian Diabetes Association in 2010. [4] In 2021 he was awarded The EFSD and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Precision Diabetes Medicine Award. [5]
He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Arecor Therapeutics plc. [1]
He has an h-index of 103 according to Google Scholar. [6]