József Balla#
| Membership Number: | 7267 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7923-2645 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 Director of Institute and Clinics of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Debrecen
- 2008 Deputy director of Dept. of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Debrecen
- 2006 Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Debrecen
- 2003 Head of Division of Nephrology
- 2000 Associate Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Univ. of Debrecen
- 1996 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Medical Univ. Of Debrecen
- 1995 Fellow for nephrology, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Medical Univ. Of Debrecen
- 1988 - 1994 Research fellow, Dept. of Medicine, University of Minnesota
- 1984 Resident - Medical doctor, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Debrecen
Fields of Scholarship
- Heme and hemoglobin in vascular pathophysiology
- Valvular calcification
- Hydrogen sulfide
- Vascular calcification
- Heme oxygenase 1 in vascular biology
- Ferritin/forroxidase activity in cellular adaptation
- Atherosclerosis
- Hemoglobin oxidation in vascular diseases
- Vascular biology – endothelium, smooth muscle cells, valvular interstitial cells, macrophages
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Elected to Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2021 Pro Urbe Award by City of Debrecen
- 2015 Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
- 2015 Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg
- 2012 Charles Simonyi Research Award
- 2004 Academy Award by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Széchenyi Professor Scholarship
- 1996 Excellence in Clinical Research Award, Washington D.C.
- 1992 Trainee Investigator Award for Clinical Research, Washington D.C.
