Manfred Paul Dierich

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Manfred Paul Dierich (born July 20, 1941 in Erfurt ) is a German medic and hygienist .

Life

Dierich studied human medicine at the University of Cologne and the University of Vienna from 1961 to 1966 . Before he obtained his license to practice medicine, he completed his internship in Cologne , Graz and Ottawa ; He passed his state examination in Cologne. In 1967 Dierich received a scholarship from the German Research Foundation at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Cologne and in 1968 he was awarded a Dr. med. PhD with magna cum laude . From 1968 to 1969 he initially worked as a medical assistant and resident doctor in Cologne, then as an assistant doctor in the X-ray and radiation institute of the AOK Cologne. In 1970 he moved to the Institute for Medical Microbiology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as a research assistant , where he became an assistant professor in 1972. From 1973 to 1975 he was a DFG fellow at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California. In 1975 he continued his work in medical microbiology in Mainz. In 1977 he completed his habilitation with a paper on the interaction between fragments of the third complement component and special areas of the cell membrane and received the venia legendi for medical microbiology .

In 1979 he received a reputation as a professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In 1978 he was recognized as a specialist in medical microbiology and infection epidemiology, followed in 1982 as a specialist in laboratory medicine and in 1983 as a specialist in hygiene and microbiology.

In 1983 he was appointed full professor for hygiene at the Medical Faculty of the University of Innsbruck , and he also became director of the Institute for Hygiene.

From 1986 to 2003 he was spokesman for the professors of the medical faculty at the University of Innsbruck and from 1992 to 1999 head of the learning center for medical students in Innsbruck. From 2002 to 2003 Dierich was spokesman for the professors of the Senate of the University of Innsbruck and from 2002 to 2003 a member of the founding convention of the Medical University of Innsbruck and its spokesman until mid-2003. From October 2005 to 2009 he was Vice Rector for Teaching and Study Affairs at the Medical University of Innsbruck. After the premature dismissal of Rector Clemens Sorg, he led the university as deputy Rector.

An audit report published by the Court of Auditors in 2009 criticized the fact that Dierich had given himself orders for years out of his own economic interest. In August 2009, the university sued for disclosure of the institute's income and surrender of the profit made.

On December 31, 2009 Dierich retired from the Board of Directors of the Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine. Afterwards, Dierich and lse Jenewein headed the ARGE Umwelt-Hygiene GmbH in Innsbruck, founded in 2001, which, like the predecessor construct, worked for many years as the department for water analysis of the university institute he heads.

Awards and memberships

Dierich is involved in numerous national and international bodies. He received the Kardinal Innitzer Prize in 1997 , the Austrian Microbiology Prize in 1998 and the European Complement Network (ECN) medal for life's work in September 2009.

Since 1962 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Rappoltstein (Strasbourg) in Cologne in the CV . He is also a member of AV Austria Innsbruck in the ÖCV .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Private business at Med-Uni Innsbruck . derstandard.at of January 21, 2009
  2. Innsbruck Medical University sued the vice-chancellor Prof. Dierich for disclosure of transactions and surrender of profits