curriculum vitae - European Centre for Disease Prevention and

curriculum vitae - European Centre for Disease Prevention and

Univ.Prof. Dr. med. Franz Allerberger M.P.H.
Vienna
Austria
May, 2014
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Born in Salzburg (Austria), primary school in Siezenheim (Austria), high school
(Werkschulheim Felbertal) in Ebenau (Austria). Certified as a craftsman (carpenter) in 1974,
matriculation ("Reifeprüfung") in 1975. Military service 1975/76 (lieutenant
[“Oberleutnant”]).
Medical school from 1976 to 1982 at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Master of
Public Health Degree from the School of Public Health and Hygiene at the Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore (Maryland) in 1994. „Postgradueller Hochschulkurs für medizinische
Führungskräfte“ at the University of Salzburg 1997. Married to Dr. Veronika AllerbergerSchuller, civil servant at the University of Innsbruck. Proud father of Sebastian Josef
Allerberger.
Residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of Tamsweg (Austria) 1982/83. From
1983 till May 2002 employed at the Federal Public Health Laboratory in Innsbruck,
tenureship in 1985. Residency at the Department for Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester (Minnesota) during a sabbatical year (1989/90). Faculty Member at the
Department for Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore during a second sabbatical year in 1993/94. In 1992 the venia legendi was
confered for "Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine", in 1998 the title “a.o. Univ.Prof.“, in 2006 the title “Univ.-Prof.” From June 2002 till 2003 staff member of the Institute
for Hygiene and Social Medicine at the University of Innsbruck (on unpaid leave as of 2003).
As of 2003, head of division area human medicine at the Austrian Agency for Health and
Food Safety in Vienna, as of 2006 statutory officer (“Prokurist”). As of July 4, 2006
“Unterschriftsbefugnis für Gutachten nach dem Lebensmittelsicherheit- und
Verbraucherschutzgesetz”. From 2004 till 2008 and again since 2011
“Lehrveranstaltungskoordinator Mikrobiologie und Infektiologie” at the Paracelsus Medical
University in Salzburg.
Offers from abroad:
1998: Germany C3- „Professur für Hygiene/Krankenhaushygiene “ primo et unico loco
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Awards/honors:
1988
Bayer Research Award, Vienna
1988
Hoechst Award of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck
1989
Award from the Austrian Society for Chemotherapy, Vienna
1992
Bayer Research Award, Vienna
1993
Bayer Research Award, Vienna
1994
Delta Omega Honorary Public Health Society (Alpha-Chapter), Baltimore, US
1997
Meteka-Preis für Krankenhaus- und Betriebshygiene from the Austrian Society for
Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Vienna
1999
Award from the Austrian Society for Infectious Diseases, Vienna
2006
Teacher of the year award (class of 2003), Paracelsus Medical School, Salzburg
2007
Award for excellence in teaching, Paracelsus Medical School, Salzburg
2008
Teacher of the year award (class of 2005), Paracelsus Medical School, Salzburg
2011
German Hygiene-Award of the Rudolf-Schülke Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
2013
Teacher of the year award (class of 2010), Paracelsus Medical School, Salzburg
Editorial board or peer reviews for scientific journals:
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift
Clinical Microbiology and Infection (2003 - )
International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases
BioTechniques
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
ALTEX
Planta Medica
Journal of the German Society of Dermatology
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Infectious Diseases
FEMS Microbiology Letters
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
Bodenkultur
BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Public Health
Disease Management Health Outcomes
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Bundesgesundheitsblatt
Letters in Applied Microbiology
Critical Care Medicine
Thorax (BMJ)
BMJ Point of Care, BMJ Evidence Centre
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
Anaerobe
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International Journal of Food Microbiology
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Travel Medicine and infectious Disease
J Prev Med Public Health (2011 - )
Microbes and Infection
Environmental Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
American Journal of Infection Control
Tropical Medicine & International Health
Archives of Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics
Food and Environmental Virology
Reviewing of research project applications:
Commission of the European Communities (BIOMED, BIOTECH, FAIR, Quality of Life KA1 and KA2)
Medico-scientific Fund of the Lord Mayor of Vienna
Jubilee Research Fund of the Austrian National Bank
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
Italian Ministry of Research Granting Agency
German Ministry for Education and Research
National Health Laboratory Service Research Trust of South Africa
Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand
German Ministry of Health
NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges.m.b.H. (NFB) for Life Science Call 2013
ESCMID Research Grant Programme 2014
Organizational Functions:
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1999 – 2002 European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) European
Council Member elected 1999 through 2002
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1999 – 2003 „Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Ausschusses der Gentechnikkommission“
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2001 – 2006 scientific board BMBF/BMWA „Kompetenznetzwerk Genomforschung an pathogenen
Bakterien (Pathogenomik)“
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2002 - expert adviser to World Health Organization (WHO)’s Food Safety Department
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2003 – „Bereichsleitung Humanmedizin" der Österreichischen Agentur für Gesundheit und
Ernährungssicherheit (AGES) mit Umbenennung in "Bereichsleitung Öffentliche Gesundheit" im
Jahr 2012
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2003 – 2006 ESCMID European Council Member elected 2003 through 2006
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2003 - Editor of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
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2004-2005 Alternate-Member of the Management Board of the ECDC
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2005 – Alternate-Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the ECDC
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2006 – 2014 „Mitglied der Kommission Infektionsepidemiologie des Robert Koch Institut“ (Deputy
Head as of 2011, Head as of 2013) as of 2014: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Public Health
Mikrobiologie
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2006 – 2014 „Mitglied der Bundeszoonosenkommission des BMGFJ“
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2006 – „Mitglied des Vorstandes der ÖGHMP“ (Österr. Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und
Präventivmedizin“) Head 2010-2011, Deputy Head 2012-2013
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2006 – 2009 DINAMICS Project Advisory Board („Diagnostic Nanotech and Microtech Sensors“,
Integrated Project under the 6th Framework Programme).
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2006 – 2009 Treasurer of EFWISG (ESCMID Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group) and
EFWISG Executive Committee member
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2006 – „Prokura der Österreichischen Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit (AGES)“
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2007 – Nominated Austrian National Focal Point for Scientific Advice for ECDC
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2008 – Nominated ESCMID representative for EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council)
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2008 – 2013 „Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Ausschusses der Gentechnikkommission für Arbeiten mit
GVO im geschlossenen Bereich“
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2008 - „Mitglied des Vorstandes der ÖGACH“ (Österr. Gesellschaft für antimikrobielle Chemotherapie)
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2009- Nominated Austrian Expert for "Mechanismus des VN-GS zur Untersuchung des Einsatzes
chemischer, biologischer, toxischer Waffen" for UNODA
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2009-2013 Board Member „Mitglied des externen Beirats der Nationalen Forschungsplattform für
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2010- Nominated Austrian Delegate for UEMS Section of Medical Microbiology der Union Européenne
Zoonosen“ Deutschland
des Médecins Spécialistes (Europäische Vereinigung der Fachärzte)
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2010-2015 Nominated deputy head of the “Prüfungsauschuß der Österreichischen Ärztekammer” for
“Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, Virologie, Spezifische Prophylaxe und Tropenmedizin, Sozialmedizin”
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2012-2016 Board Member „Wissenschaftlicher Beirat des Paul-Ehrlich-Instituts“ (Federal Institute for
Vaccines and Biomedicines, Germany)
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2012-2015 Member of the External Review Working Group (ERWG) of the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) (Parma, Italy)
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2013-2015 Board Member „Mitglied des externen Beirats der Nationalen Forschungsplattform für
Zoonosen“ Deutschland
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2013 – 2018 „Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Ausschusses der Gentechnikkommission für Arbeiten mit
GVO im geschlossenen Bereich“
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2014 -2015 "Mitglied der West Nil Virus – Bereitschaftsgruppe" des Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
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2014 - „National Focal Point for Microbiology - Member” at ECDC
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2014 - “National Focal Point for Scientific Advice Coordination – Member” at ECDC
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2014 - „National Focal Point for Emerging and vector-borne diseases (EVD Programme) - Member” at
ECDC
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Major Funding
1993
Max Kade Foundation (U.S.A.)
1995
Kamillo Eisner Foundation (Switzerland)
1995
concerted action (Karch, Germany) Biomed 2 (BMH4-CT96-0970)
1996
concerted action (Fisher, UK) Biomed 2 (BMH4-CT97-2220)
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1997
concerted action (van Embden, NL) Biomed 2 (BMH4-CT97-2102)
1998
Jubilee Research fund of the Austrian National Bank (Austria)
2000
Jubilee Research fund of the Austrian National Bank (Austria)
2000
concerted action (Verhoef, NL) fifth frame work (QLK2-2000-01404)
2000
concerted action (van Soolingen) fifth frame work (QLK2-CT-2000-00630)
2000
operation of network (Gill, UK) fifth frame work (Enter-net)
2001
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur
2001
DG Sanco, feasibility study „Surveillance of Listeria infections in Europe“
2001
Jubilee Research fund of the Austrian National Bank Pojekt Nr. 9292 (Austria)
2002
European concerted research COST Action 920 „Research and Surveillance of Foodborne Zoonoses throughout
Europe: a Co-ordinated Food Chain Approach“
2004
Grant Agreement No: 2003203 “Enter-net: dedicated surveillance network for enteric pathogens – Salmonella, E.
coli and Campylobacter” funded by DG Sanco
2005
“Microarray-based Serotyping of Salmonella” project funded by AGES
2006
Grant Agreement No: 2005208 “ABS International” funded by DG Sanco till Feb. 28, 2009
2006
Coordination Action, sixth frame work (“BIOSAFETY-EUROPE”) (Contract No. 022626)
2007
KIRAS „Bedrohungen im Gesundheitsbereich“ (1. Ausschreibung) funded by BMVIT
2008
Grant Agreement No. 2007 204 “EQADeBa” funded by DG Sanco
2008
ERA-NET PathoGenoMics coordinated by Slovenia “Pathogenomic of increased Clostridium difficile virulence”.
2010
FWF Kirschner/Huhulescu „Ökologie, Diversität und Pathogenität von Vibrio cholerae”. Funding for AGES €32.400,-€
2010
KIRAS Programmlinien PL4 „Unterstützungsmaßnahmen“ des Programms „Sicherheitsforschung“ (PL3 %.
Ausschreibung) Projekt 823718 „AQUASEC-AUT – Kriseninterventionslabors für die österreichische
Wasserversorgung“ funded by BMVIT
2010
Grant Agreement No. 262042 CP-CSA-Infra-PP „ European High Security BSL4 Laboratories” Seventh Framework
Programme.
2011
Quality Assurance Exercises and Networking on the Detection of Highly Infectious Pathogens ("QUANDHIP"; Contract
No.: 20102102) funded by DG Sanco
2012
National coordinator of Austria for the European, multi-centre, prospective bi-annual point prevalence study of
Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalised patients with diarrhoea (EUCLID)
2012
National coordinator of Austria for the Pan-European Longitudinal Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance among
Prevalent Clostridium difficile Ribotypes (CLOSER) operated by the European Study Group on Clostridium difficile
(ESGCD)
2013
European, multi-centre, prospective quarterly point prevalence study of community-acquired diarrhoea (EUCODI):
ESCMID Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group – EFWISG and BioFire Diagnostics, Inc. (fka Idaho
Technology, Inc.).
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