Thomas Ebert

Postdoc
Karolinska Institutet
CLINTEC, Div. of Renal Medicine
Sweden

Research Interests

• Adipocytokines as endocrine hormones linking adipose tissue and cardiometabolic complications
• Pathogenesis and novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease
• Novel biomarkers of the metabolic syndrome and its complications

Academic achievements/career

• 2010-2018: Department of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Head: Michael Stumvoll
• 2014: Visiting scholar - Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, US
  • Head: Ray Harris
• 2019: Habilitation, Endocrinology board certification
• 2019: Postdoc - Division of Renal Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Head: Peter Stenvinkel

Goals

• Collaboratively work on a research project with world-leading experts in the field
• Improve and advance indispensable leadership skills
• Establish a wider network of international diabetes experts

…with the aim to translationally improve care for our patients with diabetes