Prof Dr Martin Wabitsch
Section Head of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology
Head of the Endocrinological Research Laboratory
Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Rare Diseases (ZSE) Ulm
University Hospital for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Ulm
Section of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology
Eythstraße 24
89075 Ulm
Tel: 0731-500 57401
Scientific focus
- Regulation of growth and weight (energy homeostasis) in children and adolescents
- Genetics, epigenetics and pathophysiology of endocrine diseases
- Insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome
- Type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents, new technologies
- Innovative, individualised therapies for obesity and diabetes
- Details
- Regulation of proliferation and differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMADS)
- SGBS cells
- Metabolism and endocrine function of human adipocytes
- Energy metabolism of human adipocytes (BAT and WAT)
- Functional characterisation of disease-causing variants of leptin in humans
- Functional characterisation of lipodystrophy-causing genes
- Details
Expertise
- Specialist in paediatrics and adolescent medicine
- Habilitation in paediatrics
- Professor at the medical faculty of the University of Ulm
- Diabetologist (DDG)
- Additional qualification in paediatric endocrinology and diabetology from the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association
- Qualification for specialised genetic counselling
- Additional qualification in nutritional medicine from the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association
since 2024: Chairman of the Board of the Centre for Rare Diseases, Ulm University Hospital
since 2024: Deputy Site Spokesperson Ulm, German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ)
since 2017: Chairman of the Centre for Rare Diseases (ZSE), Ulm University Hospital
2012-2018: Coordinator, BMBF network 'Adolescents with extreme obesity'
since 2011: Chairman of the Cardiometabolic Diseases Research Unit of the Boehringer Ingelheim Ulm University BioCentre (BIU)
since 2004: Professor of Paediatrics, Head of the Section for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Endocrinology Research Laboratory at Ulm University Hospital for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
2004: C3 professorship for paediatric nutritional medicine, TU Munich
2004: Associate Professor, Paediatrics
1997: Assistant Professor, Paediatrics, University of Ulm
1993: Research Fellowship of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and subsequent employment as research associate, Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark (Prof. Pierre DeMeyts)
1991: Doctorate in experimental medicine (summa cum laude)
1989 -1997: Specialist training and clinical and research assistant in paediatric endocrinology and diabetology, Ulm University Hospital for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
1982-1989: Medical studies at the Universities of Berlin, Ulm, Nice and Baltimore (Johns Hopkins University)
2020: DAG Medal for various achievements in the field of obesity research
2014: ESPE Hormone Research in Paediatrics Award
2013: ESPE Hormone Research in Paediatrics Award
2008: Science Prize of the City of Ulm
2002: Research Award of the Paediatric Diabetology Working Group of the German Diabetes Association (DDG)
1998: Young Investigator Award of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
1997: Young Investigator Award of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
1995: Research Award of the German Obesity Society (DAG)
1993: Research grant from the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
since 2022: Deputy spokesperson of the Working Group on Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence (AGA), working group of the German Obesity Society
2020 - 2024: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of "A Better Start: National Science Challenges", University of Auckland, New Zealand
since 2019: Vice President of the European Consortium of Lipodystrophies (European Consortium of Lipodystrophies)
2016: Chairman ESPE Advanced Seminar in Developmental Endocrinology, Ulm
2015-2021: Member of the ESPE Science Committee (ESPE Science Committee)
2013-2015: President of the German Obesity Society (DAG) e.V.
2008-2012: Spokesperson of the Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology Working Group (APE/ DGKED e.V.)
1998-2004: Founding member and spokesperson of the Working Group on Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence (AGA)
- German Society for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ)
- German Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (DGKED)
- German Society for Endocrinology (DGE)
- German Obesity Society (DAG)
- Working Group on Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence (AGA)
- European Society of Endocrinology (ESE)
- European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
- European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG)
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
- The Endocrine Society
- German Diabetes Society (DDG)
- Working Group for Paediatric Diabetology (AGPD)
- International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)
- Hormone Research in Pediatrics: Editorial Board
- Molecular Cellular Paediatrics: Managing Editor
- Obesity: Editorial Board
- Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism: Editorial Board
- Over 600 articles in international, peer-reviewed journals, H-Factor 60
- Several textbooks in paediatrics and paediatric endocrinology, diabetology and nutrition
- A list of publications can be found at PubMed.