Lebenslauf CV
Positions
| Since 08 / 2015 | Tenure Track Professor and Head of Preventive Sports Medicine, Department Sport, Exercise and Health (DSBG), University of Basel |
| 2009 - 2015 | Deputy Director, Consultant and Research Fellow, Division of Sports and Exercise Medicine, DSBG |
| 2007 - 2009 | Senior Registrar and Research Assistant, Department of Prevention and Sport Medicine, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany |
| 2002 - 2007 | Registrar, II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität München & German Heart Center, Munich, Germany |
| 2000 - 2002 | House Officer, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany |
Clinical and scientific qualifications
| 2018 | Hypertension Specialist; German Hypertension League (DHL) |
| 2014 | Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Nucleus Member: Section Primary Care (European Assoc. of Preventive Cardiology) |
| 2013 | Habilitation (DSBG, University of Basel): “Endurance exercise and the cardiovasculature: the retinal microcirculation as a vascular biomarker” |
| 2012 | Sports Medicine Certification, German Society of Sports Medicine (DGSP) |
| 2009 | Cardiovascular and Preventive Medicine Certification, German Society for Prevention & Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2008 | Internal Medicine Certification (FMH) |
| 2000 | Medical Doctorate (University of Freiburg, Germany/ Oxford, UK): “Aspects of L-arginine transport and availability in disease states: a comparative study |
Selected research projects & interests
- Exercise and vascular ageing in an older population (EXAMIN AGE Study): SNSF Funding (PI; 2015-2018)
- Exercise and vascular health in children (EXAMIN YOUTH Study): SNSF Funding (PI; 2018-2021)
- Exercise and vascular health in chronic cardiometabolic and inflammatory disease
- Exercise immunology & epigenetics
- Retinal Vessel Imaging