Axel Pries#
Photo: Wiebke Peitz
| Membership Number: | 7288 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8742-3369 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Pro Rector, Danube Private University, Krems, Austria
- 2021 - present President, World Health Summit
- 2018 - 2019 President, Biomedical Alliance in Europe, Brussels, BE
- 2018 - 2020 CEO (interim), Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)
- 2015 - present Chair, Board of Trustees of Charité Research Organization
- 2015 - 2022 Dean, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- 2009 - 2013 Vice Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Research, CCR, Charité
- 2008 - 2015 Vice Director, Centre for Preclinical Medicine, Charité
- 2001 - 2015 Head, Institute of Physiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- 1997 - 1998 Senior Physician, Anaesthesiology, German Heart Centre Berlin (DHZB)
Fields of Scholarship
- Microcirculation
- Tumour microcirculation
- Vascular adaptation
- Angiogenesis
- Endothelial surface
- Organ perfusion
- Endothelial function
- Blood rheology
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Doctor Honoris Causa, NIMS University, Jaipur, India
- 2018 Poiseuille Gold Medal, International Society of Biorheology
- 2015 Kitanomaru Award, 10th World Conf. for Microcirculation, Kyoto, Japan
- 2015 William Harvey Basic Science Lecture and Silver Medal, European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
- 2011 Malpighi Award, European Society for Microcirculation
- 2008 Award of the Asian Union for Microcirculation
- 2008 Visiting Fellowship, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge/UK
- 2000 Fellow, European Society of Cardiology
- 1995 Lafon Hemorheology-Microcirculation Award, International Society for Clinical Haemorheology
- 1986 Abbott Microcirculation Award, European Society for Microcirculation
- 1980 Thesis Award “Hochhausstiftung”, University of Cologne
