Endocrine Abstracts

Mirjam Christ-Crain is full Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Basel and the University Hospital of Basel, Switzerland. She studied medicine in Basel and Vienna and did her MD in the year 2000 at the University of Basel and completed her PhD degree in 2007 at the University of London followed by her habilitation at the University of Basel in 2007. From 2009 to 2015 she had a research professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Her main research interest is on vasopressin-dependent disorders of fluid homeostasis, i.e. diabetes insipidus and hyponatremia. She authored and co-authored more than 200 publications and received several awards for her research. From 2013, she has been the Deputy Chief at the Clinic for Endocrinology, University Hospital Basel and from 2014 she has been the Head of the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Basel.