Andreas Birkenfeld

Biography

Head, Section of Metabolic Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic III and Director, Competence Center of Metabolic Vascular Medicine GWT-TUD, TU Dresden, Germany Professor of Diabetes, Section of Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, Transcampus King’s College London- TU Dresden From 2009-2014, he holds several positions at Charité-University School of Medicine in Berlin including Assistant Professor of Medicine, Head, Energy Metabolism Research Unit, Department Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutritional Medicine, Charité-University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany. Andreas is Board certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Senior Physician in Diabetes Medicine. Previous positions include the Yale University School of Medicine with Prof. Dr. Gerald I. Shulman in the Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Cellular Physiology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Franz-Volhard Clinic, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. Andreas received Research Awards from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2010, the European Association of the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in 2011, the German Obesity Society (DAG) in 2012, the German Association of Endocrinology (DGE) in 2014 and the German Diabetes Association (DDG) in 2015. His research focuses on understanding molecular, cellular and integrative mechanisms of the regulation of energy homeostasis. Specifically, his focus is directed towards the interaction between lipid and glucose metabolism and the development of obesity and T2DM and the contribution of mitochondrial dysfunction to the complex pathophysiology of these entities. Published more than 70 original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Interest

Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Bipolar disorder, Stroke