Herbert Tilg#
Photo: Gerhard Berger
| Membership Number: | 6295 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.i-med.ac.at |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4235-2579 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 11 - Head Department of Internal Medicine I (Gastroenterology, Endocrinology), Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
- 2002 01 - 2012 11 Head Department Internal Medicine, Hospital Hall in Tyrol, Austria
- 2011 Primo loco as full professor (W3) for Gastroenterology at University of Tübingen, Germany – declined
- 1997 Clinical Fellowship, Department of Gastroenterology, Gasthuisberg, University Leuven, Belgium
- 1991 - 1993 Research Fellowship, Tufts University, Boston, USA (Charles A. Dinarello)
Fields of Scholarship
- Inflammatory bowel diseases and pathogenesis
- Metabolism and inflammation
- Immunity (cytokine research) and chronic liver diseases
- Role of gut microbiota in gastrointestinal disorders
Honours and Awards
- Numerous Austrian awards, Tyrolean Science Award 2021
- 1992 Friedrich Wewalka Award
- 1994 Anton-von-Eiselsberg Award (van Swieten Society)
- 1995 Sandoz Award for Medicine
- 2006 Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- 2009 City of Innsbruck Award
- 2021 Tyrolean Science Award (life time achievement award)
- Highly Cited Researcher 2020 and 2021
