CURRICULUM VITAE
Elisa Einwallner MD, PhD
Personal Data
Affiliation
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Laboratory Medicine
A-1090 Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18-20, Austria
Date and place of birth
15.03.1984, Linz, Austria
Citizenship
Austrian
EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITIES
2015-present
MBA Health Care Management, WU Executive Academy of
Vienna
2015-present
Head of the pediatric laboratory of the Medical University of
Vienna.
2015-present
President of the young laboratory doctors and member of the
managing bord of the “Österreichische Gesellschaft für
Labormedizin und Klinische Chemie (ÖGLMKC)”
2009 – 2015
Residency „Dept. of Medical and Chemical Laboratory
Diagnostics", Medical University of Vienna.
2009 – 2014
PhD in the scope of the n095 program of the Medical University
of Vienna, Austria, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Univ.-Doz. DDr.
Harald Esterbauer.
2012 – 2013
Research fellowship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Immunology
and Epigenetics in Freiburg, Germany.
2009
Residency „Dept. of Orthopedics“, Herz Jesu Hospital, Vienna.
2002 – 2008
Study of Human Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna.
1994 – 2002
Petrinum secondary school, Linz.
First-Author Publications
1. Heme Oxygenase-1 drives metaflammation and insulin resistance in mouse and
man. Jais A, Einwallner E, Sharif O, Gossens K, Tsai-Hsiu Lu T, Soyal SM,
Medgyesi D, Neureiter D, Paier-Pourani J, Dalgaard K, Duvigneau JC, Lindroos
Christensen J, Zapf TC, Amann S, Saluzzo S, Jantscher F, Stiedl P, Todoric J,
Martins R, Oberkofler H, Müller S, Hauser-Kronberger C, Kenner L, Casanova E,
Sutterlüty-Fall H, Bilban M, Miller K, Kozlov AV, Krempler F, Knapp S, Lumeng CN,
Patsch W, Wagner O, Pospisilik JA, Harald Esterbauer Cell. 2014 Jul 3;158(1):25-40.
2. Endogenous erythroid colony formation in chronic myeloid leukemia: a recurrent
finding associated with persistent minimal residual disease under imatinib.
Einwallner E, Jaeger E, Mitterbauer-Hohendanner G, Bilban M, Simonitsch-Klupp I,
Steiner I, Pernicka E, Hoermann G, Herndlhofer S, Sillaber C, Valent P,
Schwarzinger I. Stem Cells Dev. 2013 Dec 1;22(23):3043-51.
3. Lysis matters: red cell lysis with FACS Lyse affects the flow cytometric
enumeration of circulating leukemic blasts. Einwallner E, Subasic A, Strasser A,
Augustin D, Thalhammer R, Steiner I, Schwarzinger I. J Immunol Methods. 2013 Apr
30;390(1-2):127-32.
4. Neovascular age-related macular degeneration under anti-angiogenic therapy :
Subretinal fluid is a relevant prognostic parameter. Einwallner E, Ahlers C, Golbaz I,
Schütze C, Dunavölgyi R, Stock G, Schmidt-Erfurth UM. Ophthalmologe. 2010
Feb;107(2):158-64.
Co-Author Publications
1. Levothyroxine replacement in hypothyroid humans reduces myocardial lipid load
and improves cardiac function. Scherer T, Wolf P, Winhofer Y, Duan H, Einwallner
E, Gessl A, Luger A, Trattnig S, Hoffmann M, Niessner A, Baumgartner-Parzer S,
Krššák M, Krebs M. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Aug 8:jc20142112.
2. Macrophage PTEN Regulates Expression and Secretion of Arginase I Modulating
Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses. Sahin E, Haubenwallner S, Kuttke M,
Kollmann I, Halfmann A, Dohnal AB, Chen L, Cheng P, Hoesel B, Einwallner E,
Brunner J, Kral JB, Schrottmaier WC, Thell K, Saferding V, Blüml S, Schabbauer G. J
Immunol. 2014 Aug 15;193(4):1717-27.
3. B-type natriuretic peptide modulates ghrelin, hunger, and satiety in healthy men.
Vila G, Grimm G, Resl M, Heinisch B, Einwallner E, Esterbauer H, Dieplinger B,
Mueller T, Luger A, Clodi M. Diabetes. 2012 Oct;61(10):2592-6.
4. Interference of Mycoplasma infection in a gene expression study: it was the
environment and not the gene. Hoermann G, Spergser J, Einwallner E, Makristathis
A,
Perne A, Willinger B,
Schwarzinger I.
Appl Environ
Microbiol.
2010
Dec;76(23):7867-9.
5. Identification of optical density ratios in subretinal fluid as a clinically relevant
biomarker in exudative macular disease. Ahlers C, Golbaz I, Einwallner E,
Dunavölgyi R, Malamos P, Stock G, Pruente C, Schmidt-Erfurth U. Invest Ophthalmol
Vis Sci. 2009 Jul;50(7):3417-24.
Talks
14th „Öster. Adipositas Gesellschaft (ÖAG)“, Leibnitz, 2013. Hepatale Heme
Oxygenase-1 is involved in insulin resistance and obesity.
4th annual meeting of the „Österr. Gessellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und
Klinische Chemie (ÖGLMKC)“, Salzburg, 2012. The metabolic function of Heme
Oxygenase-1 in hepatocytes – lessons from mice and men.
7th international congress on Heme Oxygenases and Related Enzymes, Edinburgh,
2012. Heme oxygenase-1 expression levels are closely linked with markers of insulin
resistance in mouse and human livers and hepatocytes.
19th annual meeting of the Austrian Atherosclerosis Society (AAS), 2012, St. Gilgen /
Wolfgangsee. Studies on the metabolic role of hemeoxygenase-1 in hepatocytes –
lessons from mice and men.
21st international congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCCWorldlab), 2011, Berlin. Hemeoxygenase-1 and its metabolic role in the liver and
Endogenous colony growth predicts for a less pronounced molecular response to
imatinib therapy in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.
Awards
Dr. Maria Schaumayer-Stiftung-Award, 2015.
Researcher of the Month, Juli 2015.
Wilhelm Auerswald Award, 2015.
Sanofi Aventis Award, 2014.
Young Scientist Association (YSA) Publication Award, 2014.
Marietta Blau Stipend, 2012.
Medical Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna, 2012.
Award of the „Österr. Gessellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie
(ÖGLMKC)“, 2011.
Poster Award on the 4th annual meeting of the „Österr. Gessellschaft für
Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie (ÖGLMKC)“, 2012.
Teaching Experience
Senior-Mentoring
Script „Labormedizinbasics – Einführung in die Labormedizin für
Medizinstudierende“.
Co-Supervisor of the diploma thesis „Transkriptions- und Expressions-Profiling von
naiven CD4+/HLADR-/CD25- T-Helfer-Zellpopulationen nach CD2 Stimulation“ from
Mag. Clemens Priemer.
Teaching „Problem Orientiertes Lernen (POL)“.
Teaching „Zusammenführung wissenschaftlicher und klinischer Endokrinologie“.
Teaching „Spezielle Diagnostische Fertigkeiten (SDF) Labordiagnostik“.
Teaching „Spezielle Diagnostische Fertigkeiten (SDF) Laborfertigkeiten Niere“.
Languages
German
Mother tongue
English
Fluent
French
Basic knowledge
Spanish
Basic knowledge