Dr. Med. Jens Jordan
Gastroenterology
Eternygen GmbH
Germany
Biography
Since 1st of December 2016 Head of Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne Previous positions include: Until November 2016 Director of the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School Hannover (MHH), Germany. Before, until 2008 Director of the Franz-Volhard Center for Clinical Research, Charité and Clinical Working Group Leader at the Max-Delbrück Centrum (MDC), Berlin, Germany; 1996-98 Research Fellowship, Vanderbilt University with Prof. David Robertson at the General Clinical Research Center. He is board certified clinical pharmacologist and internist specialized in cardiovascular and metabolic disease management. His research group focuses on mechanisms and causes of obesity-associated metabolic and cardiovascular disease. He is founder and former chair of the Working Group on Obesity, Diabetes, and High Risk Patients of the European Society of Hypertension. In 2013, he received the prestigious Peter Sleight Award of the European Society of Hypertension. Editor in Chief of Clinical Autonomic Research and Associate Editor of Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. Member of several editorial boards e.g. “Hypertension” Published more than 220 original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
Research Interest
Since 1st of December 2016 Head of Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne Previous positions include: Until November 2016 Director of the Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School Hannover (MHH), Germany. Before, until 2008 Director of the Franz-Volhard Center for Clinical Research, Charité and Clinical Working Group Leader at the Max-Delbrück Centrum (MDC), Berlin, Germany; 1996-98 Research Fellowship, Vanderbilt University with Prof. David Robertson at the General Clinical Research Center. He is board certified clinical pharmacologist and internist specialized in cardiovascular and metabolic disease management. His research group focuses on mechanisms and causes of obesity-associated metabolic and cardiovascular disease. He is founder and former chair of the Working Group on Obesity, Diabetes, and High Risk Patients of the European Society of Hypertension. In 2013, he received the prestigious Peter Sleight Award of the European Society of Hypertension. Editor in Chief of Clinical Autonomic Research and Associate Editor of Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. Member of several editorial boards e.g. “Hypertension” Published more than 220 original manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
