Prof. Dr. med. Jens C. Bruning

internal medicine, endocrinology, and diabetology

User Score	Experience	Rating	Price Range	Publications	Online Consultations
90%	32 years	9.7/10	$$$$	287	No

Overview

Country, City

Germany, Cologne

Health facility

University Hospital Cologne

Medical unit

Department of endocrinology and diabetology

About the doctor

Prof. Dr. med. Jens C. Bruning is an experienced doctor specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology, and diabetology. With over 30 years of experience, he has established himself as a renowned expert. Dr. Bruning currently works at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at the University Hospital Cologne in Germany. Throughout his career, Dr. Bruning has achieved numerous notable accomplishments. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Ernst and Berta Scharrer Prize of the German Association for Endocrinology and the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine. He has also been recognized internationally as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and the Leopoldina National Academy of Sciences Germany. Dr. Bruning's research focuses on insulin signaling and its effects on various diseases, including diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders. His extensive list of scientific publications demonstrates his expertise in these areas. With his wealth of knowledge and experience, Dr. Bruning is highly regarded in his profession. His dedication to advancing medical knowledge and providing quality care makes him a trusted physician in endocrinology and diabetology.

Skills & Expertise

Resume

CV (Curriculum Vitae)

Education

1985-1992 Studied human medicine at the University of Cologne
1992-1994 Resident in internal medicine at the Department for internal medicine of the University of Cologne
1993 Obtaining a license for medical practice
1993 Defense of the dissertation at the University of Cologne
1994-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Joslin Diabetes Center of the Harvard Medical School of Boston
1996-1997 Mary K. Iacocca Fellow at the Joslin Diabetes Center of Boston
1997-2001 Resident in internal medicine at the University Hospital Cologne
2001 Obtaining specialization in internal medicine
2001 Received additional qualifications in the field of endocrinology
2002 Habilitation and a teaching license for internal medicine at the University Hospital Cologne
2009-2011 Max Planck Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging in Cologne
2013 Visiting Professor at the Department of comparative medicine of the Yale University
2016 Advanced grant from the European Research Council
2018 Visiting Miller Professor of the Department of molecular and cell biology at the University of California/Berkeley

Experience

2001-2003 Attending Physician at the Department for internal medicine of the University of Cologne
2003-2014 Tenured Professor and Head of the Department of mouse genetics and metabolism at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
2006-2008 Acting Director of the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
2011 Director at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research
2011 Director of the Department of endocrinology and diabetology at the University Hospital Cologne
2014 Tenured Professor at the medical faculty of the University of Cologne

Awards & Memberships

1995 Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Internal Medicine
1997-2001 Head of the research group at the University of Cologne
2000 Prize for young masters from the tournament of the German Society for Internal Medicine
2001 Ernst and Berta Scharrer Prize of the German Association for Endocrinology
2003-2017 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Post-translational modification of the insulin signal transduction pathway in vivo"
2003-2007 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Central cell culture and transgenic mouse facility"
2005 Wilhelm Vaillant Prize of the German Diabetes Association
2005 Ferdinand Bertram Prize of the German Diabetes Association
2006-2014 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Importance of insulin signal transduction for the regulation of the innate immune response"
2007 Speaker of the cluster of excellence: "Cellular stress responses in age-associated diseases"
2007 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Association
2007-2019 Founding Director and Coordinator of the Cologne excellence cluster at the University of Cologne: "Cellular stress responses in aging-associated diseases"
2008 Minkowski Prize of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
2009 Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine of the Ernst Jung Foundation in Hamburg
2009 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Metabolic control of skin structure, barrier function and the development of diabetes-associated skin complications"
2009-2012 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Importance of the BAX inhibitor (BI-1) in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis"
2009-2013 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Central mouse facility"
2011 Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
2013 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association
2014 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "The role of insulin in the regulation of food-associated reward behavior"
2014 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Generation of a reference cohort with extreme eating behavior"
2014 Participating Scientist in the German Research Foundation graduate school: "Cellular and subcellular analysis of neuronal networks"
2016 Sub-Project Leader from the German Research Foundation: "Role of mitochondrial dynamics and nutrient utilization in anorexigenic POMC neurons"
2017 Elected Member of the Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences Germany
2017 Hansen Family Award of the Bayer Science and Education Foundation
2018 Paul Langerhans Medal of the German Diabetes Association
2018 Carl Friedrich v. Weizsaecker Award of the Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences Germany
2019 Heinrich Wieland Award of the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
2020 Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for the excellence of the European Diabetes Association
2020 Ernst Schering Prize