CV Dr. Susann Blüher

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Hospital for Children and Adolescents 

University of Leipzig

Liebigstrasse 20a

04103 Leipzig

Germany

DECT: +49 – 341 – 97 26 310 

Fax:    +49 – 341 - 97 26 329

Email: susann.blueher@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Research fields: 
  • Obesity in childhood and adolescence: pathogenesis, risk factors, metabolic and cardiovascular comorbidities 
  • Prevention of childhood obesity: intervention strategies 
  • Therapy of childhood obesity: interdisciplinary, family-oriented approaches 
  • identification of participation barriers for obesity prevention programes

 

Activities in the scientific community, honors, awards: 

 

since 2010        Leader of Junior Research Group “Prevention in childhood and adolescence”, IFB AdiposityDiseases,

University of Leipzig

2010-2011       Research grant from the German Diabetes Association (DDG)

2009-2010   Research grant from the Saxonian Ministry of Social Affairs, Dresden, Germany 

2008- 2011 Research grant from the Roland-Ernst-Stiftung für Gesundheitsforschung, Dresden, Germany 

2007 Research grant from the National Panel “NAFDM” (Nationales Aktionsforum Diabetes Mellitus),

Germany 

2005  Award by the TANITA Healthy Weight Community Trust, Tokyo, Japan 

2004  Research Grant from the Faculty of Medicine and the Saxonian Department of Education (formel1) 

2003 NIH-Award (Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Diabetes and

Digestive and Kidney Disease: Grant Number 1R13 DK062941-01, given at the Keystone

Symposium 2003: "Obesity:  New Insights into Pathogenesis and Treatment” 

2000 Research Grant from the Saxonian Department of Education  

(University of Leipzig, Department of Internal Medicine / Endocrinology)

Publications: 

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