Prof. Dr. Gabriele Pfitzer
Fachphysiologin
Institut für Vegetative Physiologie
Universität zu Köln
Robert-Koch-Str. 39
Gebäude 47
50931 Köln
Tele.: +49 221 478-6949
FAX : +49 221 478-3538
gabriele.pfitzer
uni-koeln.de
Education and professional career
Since 2018 Professor i.R.
Since 2016 Member executive committee,
VBIO - German Life Sciences Association
Since 2012 Associate Editor of Acta Physiologica
2008-2010 Member, Board of the German Physiological Society
2007 President, German Physiological Society
2006-2007 Visiting Professor, University of Virginia
1996-2018 Professor (C4) and Chair, Institute of Vegetative Physiology, UoC
1996-2004 Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology
1994-1996 Associate Professor (C3), Institute of Physiology, Charité, Berlin
1988-1994 Docent (C2), Institute of Physiology II, University of Heidelberg
1984-1986 Residency in Pediatrics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
1986-1988 Residency in Pediatrics, University of Heidelberg
1980-1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Heidelberg
1980 MD thesis in Physiology, University of Heidelberg
1972-1979 Medical School, University of Heidelberg and University of Glasgow
Prices
1996 Arthur-Weber-Price, German Cardiac Society
2000-2014 several poster prices of the German Physiological Society to PhD students
and postdoctoral scientists
Professional Service (selected)
2011-2015 Vice-Dean for Financial Affairs, Medical Faculty, UoC
2007-2011 Vice-Dean of the Medical Faculty, Medical Faculty, UoC
2001-2015 Chair Finanz- und Haushaltskommission
Since 2009 Kommission Vergabe von Studiengebühren und QVK
2008-2010 Board Member of the German Physiological Society
2008-2009 President German Physiological Society
2004 -2008 Chair, Board for Animal Housing Committee of the Medical Faculty
2003 to 2005 Member “Fachbereichsrat”
Since 2001 Curriculumskommission
Scientific interest
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Calcium regulation of sarcomere function, biomechanics of the cardiac sarcomere, myofibrillar myopathies, regulation of smooth muscle contraction, development of contractile function