Personal information
Gunter Sturm, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Main areas of research and most important scientific results
Development of an up-dosing protocol for high-risk hymenoptera venom patients
Improvement, evaluation, and description of influencing factors of the basophil activation test
Evaluation of molecular allergy diagnosis in hymenoptera venom allergy
Development of an outpatient 7-week up-dosing protocol for hymenoptera venom patients
Chair of the EAACI guidelines on venom immunotherapy
Education
10/2012 PhD, Medical University of Graz, Austria
06/2002 MD, Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria
Most important awards
- Researcher of the year – Medical University of Graz 2012
- Max Kade Fellowship (Max Kade Foundation / ÖAW) for a 12 month research stay at NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA 2011
- Heinz Weitgasser Award - Wissenschaftlichen Vereinigung der Steirischen Dermatologen (WVSD) 2007
- Sanofi Aventis Award – Medical University of Graz 2006
- Aesca Award – Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology (ÖGDV) 2004
Research
- 74 publications in peer reviewed journals, 273 national/international oral presentations
- Sum of Journal Impact Factors: 401
- Sum of citations for SCI/SSCI publications: 2294
- h-index 28
Source: Research Portal Medical University of Graz, Austria. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
