Curriculum Vitae:
CHRISTIAN JOSEPH STRASBURGER
Date of Birth: November 6th, 1958 in Vorst, Germany
Matrial status: married, 4 sons
Education:
1977: High school graduation,Schiller-Gynasium, Hameln, Germany.
1977 – 1979: Pre-clinical studies in medicine at Ruhr-Universität, Bochum.
1979 – 1984: Medical school, clinical studies at Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck. Internship in internal medicine, surgery and pediatrics.
May 1984: Graduation from medical school, physician's licence.
1985: Dissertation (doctoral thesis); degree awarded: Doctor of Medicine, rated "summa cum laude". Title: Development and optimisation of luminescence immunoassays on the example of cortisol and gentamicin".
Current Position:
Since 2003 Professor of Medicine, Chief: Division of Clinical Endocrinology, Campus Mitte, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Former Positions:
June 1984 – April 1990: Resident and fellow in internal medicine at the Dept. of Internal Medicine at the Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck. Clinical work in endocrinology, intensive care medicine, nephrology, organ transplantation / clinical immunology, cardiology and sonography / endoscopy.
May 1986 – April 1988: Post-doctoral fellow of the MINERVA Foundation (Max-Planck Society) at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (Department of Hormone Research). Research field: generation of monoclonal antibodies to peptide hormones, epitope mapping of the human growth hormone (hGH) molecule, structure-function relationship of the hGH molecule, development of immunoassays for haptens and peptide hormones.
May 1990 – end 2002: Research associate at the Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. Head of the Neuroendocrine Research Unit.
Relevant Extracurricular Activities:
1997 - 2000: Council member of the German Endocrine Society / President and organizer of the German Endocrine Society's year 2000 meeting in Munich
since 1999 Editor: European Journal of Endocrinology
since 2001 Editorial Council: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
since 1998 Editor: Pituitary
since 1998 Editor: Growth Hormone & IGF Research
2004-2008 Council member of the European Neuroendocrine Association (ENEA)
since 1998 Council member of the International Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS)
since 2007 Editor-in-Chief: European Journal of Endocrinology, ex-officio member of the European Society of Endocrinoloy`s Executive Committee
2008-2010 President, Growth Hormone Research Society (GRS)
Academic Awards:
1985: Doctoral thesis awarded with "summa cum laude"
1986: Recipient of the Professor Otto Roth Award for the best doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine of the Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck
1995: Recipient of the Jürgen Bierich Memorial Award, presented by the Association for Pediatric Endocrinology in Germany for the publication of: "Immunofunctional Assay of Human Growth Hormone (hGH) in Serum: A Possible Consensus for Quantitative hGH Measurement" by C.J. Strasburger, Z. Wu, C.-D. Pflaum, R. A. Dressendörfer
2000: Honorary Medal of the Dopingopfer-Hilfe e.V. (Society for the Support of Doping Victims), in recognition of the development of a method for the detection of growth hormone doping in sports.
2005: elected “Corresponding Member” of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)
2006: Recipient of the “European Medal” of the Society for Endocrinology, London
Academic Society Membership:
Endocrine Society (USA) European Society of Endocrinology German Endocrine Society German Society of Internal Medicine Growth Hormone Research Society International Society for Insulin-like Growth Factor Research Pituitary Society
