Irene Lang

Higher education 1978 - 1984 Medical School (M.D.), University of Vienna, Austria 1984 Thesis defense (Dr. med.); Grade: Sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae 1989 – 1992 Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA Mentor: Kenneth M. Moser, M.D. 1994 Board certification in Internal Medicine 1996 Board certification in Cardiology 2001 European Cardiologist (degree by the European Society of Cardiology) Employment, appointments, and positions 1992 - 1994 Research Associate, Committee on Vascular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA 1993 - 1994 Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA 1995 - 2000 Joint Appointment, Institute for Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, University of Vienna, Austria 1996 Habilitation for Internal Medicine 2003 to 2018 Deputy Director of the Ph.D. Curriculum, Medical University Vienna, Austria 2004 to date Professor of Vascular Biology at the Medical University Vienna, Austria 2008 to date Deputy Director, Clinical Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria 2010-2012 Visiting Professor, Medical Faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia 2017 to date Guest Professor, Medical Faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia 2018-current member of senate of the Medical University of Vienna Key research area(s) The focus of my research laboratory has been on the mechanisms of thrombosis in the pathophysiology of several important cardiopulmonary diseases, including acute myocardial infarction and pulmonary hypertension.