Herbert Budka

Herbert Budka Personal Data: 1964-1971 Student at the Medical Faculty, University of Vienna (UV). 1971-06-04 Graduation as M.D. (Doctor medicinae universae), UV. 1980 Specialist in Neurology & Psychiatry (Facharzt für Neurologie und Psychiatrie). 1982 Specialist in Neuropathology (Facharzt für Neuropathologie). 1999 Specialist in Neurobiology (Facharzt für Neurobiologie) University Career: 1976 Head, Division of Special Neuropathology, Neurological Institute (NI), UV. 1982 Lecturer in Neuropathology (Dozent, Habilitation) 1988 Title of University Professor (titl. Professor Extraordinarius), UV. 1991 Deputy Head, Clinical Department of Neuropathology and Neurochemistry, NI, UV. 1992 Professor of Clinical Neuropathology, UV. 1995-2003 Chairman, Board of Clinical Institutes (Fachbereich), Medical Faculty, UV. 1999-2011 Director, Institute of Neurology, UV (obligatory retirement in 2011 at age 65). Oct. 1, 2011 – July 31, 2012 Consultant, Medical University Vienna. Nov. 2011 Honorary Professor, Navy General Hospital Beijing, China. From Oct. 2011, Guest Consultant, Brain Bank, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. From May 2012, Neuropathology Consultant, Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. Other Functions: Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases (ÖRPE): head 1996-2011, consultant 2011–2012. Past President and Past Vice-President, International Society of Neuropathology. Main Scientific Interests: 1) Neurodegenerative disorders including prion diseases (pathogenesis, model systems, diagnostics, biomarkers, clinical-neuropathologic correlation) 2) Neuroviral disorders including HIV (pathogenesis, cell tropism, diagnostics, clinical- neuropathologic correlation) 3) Neural tumours (prognostic parameters, classification, diagnostics, clinical-neuropathologic correlation) Scientific Oeuvre (see also https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=gch4KzoAAAAJ&hl=de&cstart=- 80&pagesize=100): 366 original articles in peer-reviewed journals; 387 reviews, articles in books, book chapters, reports, editorials, newspapers; 381 abstracts in periodicals; 1,100 (in part invited) lectures and meeting presentations. 20,080 citations of a total of 609 articles in Google Scholar®; i10-index = 300, Hirsch Index (hi) = 72 (41 since 2010), average citations per article 32,97. Private Data: Married to Ivana, divorced from Christine, five children (Philipp born 1974, Julia 1977, Daniel 1979, Rafael 1980, Natalia 2007) Zurich, 25 Aug. 2015