Committee Chair
Barbara Obermayer–Pietsch
Professor of Endocrinology and Osteology at the Medical University Graz, Austria. Head of Endocrinology Lab Platform and EndoGeneLab, Deputy Head of Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University Hospital Graz. Research clinician involved in basic, translational and epidemiological research. Head of the 5–years Comet Project “BioPersMed” (Biomarkers of personalized medicine). 142 articles in peer–reviewed journals (both as Obermayer–Pietsch or as Pietsch B) with about 3000 citations. President elect of the German Society of Osteology (2015–), Secretary of the Austrian Society of Endocrinology 2012–2014, board member 2014–. Numerous research prizes. Member of EU FP7 consortia, steering committees and funding organisations. Reviewer for bone–focused and endocrine journals. Reviewer for national and international official research institutions.
Committee Responsibilities
The role of the ECTS Research Committee is to coordinate the ECTS programmes to further the research and goals of the members and organisation.
The Committee is responsible for contributing to the Committee’s achievement of its objectives and fulfilment of its function on behalf of the ECTS, in accordance with its strategic objectives. Members are expected to:
- Advise the Board of Directors on issues and policies regarding current or potential grants and awards
- Consider grant and award nominees and select appropriate grant reviewers, taking into account any contractual conditions
- Consider ECTS Academy applications and select appropriate reviewers, taking into account any contractual conditions
- Collate and examine reviewers’ marks and comments and make recommendations to the ECTS Board
Committee Structure and Composition
Grants & Awards
- Peter Pietschmann, Co-Chair
- Jennifer Walsh
- Olivier Peyruchaud
- Andrea Burden, ECTS Academy
Academy Member Selection
- Graham Williams, Co-Chair
- Nadia Rucci
- Jan Stepan
- Elena Tsourdi, ECTS Academy