Wieland Kiess#
| Membership Number: | 6947 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uniklinikum-leipzig.de |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4118-9455 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - 2005 Dean of the Medical School, University of Leipzig, Germany
- 2014 - 2020 Foreign professor adjunct, Karolinska Hospital, University of Stockholm, Schweden, Dept. Woman and Child Health
- Since 01.01.1998 until present, director, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, chair of paediatrics, full professor, University of Leipzig, Germany
- 1994 - 1998 deputy head, consultant paediatrician, Children´s Hospital, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
- 1992 - 1994 consultant paediatrician, University Children´s Hospital, München, Germany
- 1983 - 1985, 1988-1992 physician in training, paediatrics; paediatrician, University Children´s Hospital, München, Germany
- 1985 - 1988 visiting research fellow, National Cancer Institute, Metabolism Branch Endocrine Section, Bethesda, MD, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Adipocyte physiology
- Cell biology
- Paediatric endocrinology
- Diabetology
- NAD metabolism
- Chronic illness in childhood and adolescence
- Insulin-like growth factors/receptors
Honours and Awards
- 1985 Marius-Tausk-Förderpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Endokrinologie, Germany
- 1994 Adalbert-Czerny-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde, Germany
- 2016 Andrea Prader Prize of the European Society of Paediatric Endocrinology
- 2016 Robert Vines Lecture, Australian Pediatric Endocrine Group
- 2018 DAG-Medaille der Deutschen Adipositas-Gesellschaft, Germany
- 2023 Order of Merit (Verdienstorden), Free State of Saxony, Germany
