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Scientific Advisory Board
Medical University of Graz

Scientific Advisory Board

A Scientific Advisory Board has been established to support the creation of a future- and internationally oriented research profile for Med Uni Graz. This board supports and assists the rectorate and university researchers in the constant development and sharpening of our university's vision for the future of research.

Composition and competence

Competence portfolio

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board contribute their competence in basic research in the life sciences as well as in clinical research and possess diverse experiences in the areas of technology transfer, entrepreneurship, innovation management and international cooperation.
Scientific Advisory Board

Ulrike Beisiegel

The biochemist was President of the Georg-August University of Göttingen from 2011 to 2019. She was the first woman to head the university, which was founded in 1737.
Ulrika Beinsiegel

Doris Meder

is head of the Business Division Science Management at the Berlin Institute of Health and president of the Core for Life Association for the Advancement of Life Sciences Through Core Facilities.
Doris Meder

Gero Miesenböck

is Waynflete Professor of Physiology at the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the University of Oxford. His field is the neurosciences.
Gero Miesenböck

Harald C. Ott

is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. Since 2014 he has been a thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and director of the Center for Organ Engineering.
Harald C. Ott

Heiko von der Leyen

is medical director of Orgenesis, Inc., a biotech company specializing in cell and gene therapy. His fields of specialization include clinical research, management of clinical trials, cell and gene therapy and translation of clinical trial projects to patient care.
Heiko von der Leyen
Birgitta Henriques-Normark

Former member

Birgitta Henriques-Normark is a Professor in medical microbial pathogenesis at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) of Karolinska Institutet as well as a Medical Doctor (MD) with speciality in clinical bacteriology. She was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board from July 2021 to June 2022. As of July 1, 2022, she was elected as the new President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and therefore resigned from the Scientific Advisory Board of Med Uni Graz.