Margit Zeher, director of the Institute of Internal Medicine 3rdDepartment of Medicine, Building C, head of Department of Clinical Immunology has passed away at the age of 62.
Margit Zeher was born on 2 August 1957 in Sátoraljaújhely. She graduated at the Sátoraljaújhely Kossuth Lajos High School. She studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Debrecen between 1975 and 1981. She graduated with “summa cum laude”.
Brief biography:
Degrees:
1981: MD University of Debrecen
1997: PhD University of Debrecen
2001: DSc Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Faculty Appointments:
1981: Medical Doctor – University of Debrecen
2009: Health Service Manager – University of Debrecen
Hospital Appointments: 3rd dept.
1981-86: Clinical assistant in the 3rd Department of Medicine
1987-90: Assistant lecturer in the 3rd Department of Medicine
1991-95: Assistant professor in the 3rd Department of Medicine
1996-2002: Associate professor in the 3rd Department of Medicine
2001-2018: Head of Clinical Immunology Division
2002-2018: Full Professor of Medicine in the 3rd Department of Medicine
2002-2012: Director of the 3rd Department of Medicine
2012-2018: Director of the C Building
Awards:
1992: “Award for Young Researchers” by Oláhné Mezei Róza Foundation
1999: “The Best Medical Article of the Year” –University of Debrecen Award
2001: Honorable Mention of the Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs
2003: Markusovszky Award (Hungarian)
2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 : “Excellent Medical Research and Teaching Work ” University of Debrecen Award
2004: “Best Poster of the Congress”- Hungarian Allergology and Clinical Immunology Society (leader)
2004-2012: “Best Lecture of the Congress” – Hungarian Allergology and Clinical Immunology Society (leader)
2005: Lege Artis Medicinae Award (Hungarian)
2005: Teacher of the year of the University of Debrecen
2005: “Best Poster of the Congress” III World Congress on Immunopathology, Thailand, Pattaya
2006: Lege Artis Medicinae Award (Hungarian)
2009: Lege Artis Medicinae Award (Hungarian)
2009: Batthyány-Strattmann László Award (Award by the Ministry of Health)
2010: Lege Artis Medicinae Award (Hungarian)
2015: Petrányi Gyula Award (Hungarian)
Professional Societies:
2015: President of the Petrányi Gyula Doctoral School for Clinical Immunology
2010: Hungarian Apheresis Society (member of Board)
2010: Hungarian Society of Internal Medicine (member of Board)
2009-2015: President of the Hungarian Professional Board of Clinical Immunology & Allergology
2007: President of the Hungarian Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
2007: European Allergy and Clinical Immunology Society (EAACI – UEMS member of Board)
2006: Petrányi Gyula Doctoral School for Clinical Immunology –Leader of the Immunology Program
2004: Member of European Sjögren Syndrome Study Group
Scientific Activities:
Co- Editor – “Klinikai Immunológia” Book /Hungarian
Editor – “Sjögren’s syndrome and associated disorders“ Book /English
Organiser – Congress of Hungarian Allergology and Clinical Immunology Society, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Organiser – EAACI National Village, 2009, 2010, 2011
Organiser – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie – ÖGAI 2010
Co-organiser – 2nd Joint Meeting of Middle-European Societies for Immunology and Allergology – Opatija 2013
Organiser – Interdisciplinary Forum of the Clinical Immunology (KIIF) „Hot” points of the internal medicine and frontier clinical immunology 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Organiser – 3rd Meeting of Middle European Society for Immunology and Allergology, December 1-4. 2016 Budapest
Editorial Boards:
Allergia és Klinikai Immunológia (Hungarian),
Magyar Immunológia (Hungarian),
Lege Artis Medicinae (Hungarian),
Focus Medicinae (Hungarian),
The Open Autoimmunity Journal (English)
Immunológiai szemle (Hungarian),
IBIMA Publishing Journal- Member of the International Editorial Board
International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research
Reviewer activity:
Rheumatology,
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases,
Lupus,
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Human Immunology
International Journal of Immunogenetics
Journal of Rheumatology
Autoimmune Diseases
Histology and Histopathology
Acta Physiologica Hungarica
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology
Inflammation Research
Annals of Haematology
Clinical and Developmental Immunology
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology
Immunology Letters
Expert Review of Dermatology
BMC Immunology
Diagnostic of Pathology
Expert Review of Clinical Immunology
Rheumatology International
Pathology Oncology Research
Journal of Clinical Immunology
Autoimmunity
Review for Acta Oncologica
Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (CMLS)
Publications:
Peer-reviewed papers: 378
Impact factor: 343,866
Citation: 5883
Book, book-chapters: 42
Hirsch index: 36
Co-editor: “Klinikai Immunológia” (Hungarian book)
Editor: “Sjögren’s syndrome and associated disorders“ (English book)
Fields of Interest:
Systemic autoimmune and immunoinflammatory diseases, especially:
- Sjögren’s syndrome,
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
Molecular basis of immune-inflammatory processes
Transplant Immunology
Her burial will take place at the Debrecen Public Cemetery at 11.00 on 12 November 2018.
