Medizinische Universität Graz - Research portal
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Univ.-Prof. Dr.med. Stefan Schulz
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation
- EMail: stefan.schulz(at)medunigraz.at
- Tel: +43/316/385/16939 +43 699 15 09 6270
- http://purl.org/steschu
- MEDonline-Visitenkarte
- Externe ID's
- Researcher ID: A-6928-2017
- ORCiD: 0000-0001-7222-3287
Fields of expertise
- Artificial intelligence in medicine Big data approaches for biology and medicine Biomedical document and term retrieval Biomedical knowledge representation Biomedical language processing Biomedical lexicography Biomedical ontologies and semantics Biomedical standards development (SNOMED CT, ICD) Biomedical terminologies and classification systems Clinical models for medical data Digital biomarkers Digital medicine Electronic health records Health informatics in developing countries Scientific methodology in life sciences Secondary use of clinical data Text and data mining in clinical document repositories eLearning in medicine
Statistik Austria, science classification
- Medical informatics - (102020)
- Medical informatics - (305905)
Scientific Expertise
- Medicine
- Computer Science
- Biomedical Terminologies
- Applied Ontology
- Text Mining in Biology and Medicine
- Biomedical Semantics
- Knowledge Representation
- Digital Medicine
- Electronic Health Records
Curr. Vitae
| 2015 -2018 | Project Leader CBmed Center for Biomarker Research CBmed |
| 2010 -2013 | University Professor (Medical Informatics) at the Medical University of Graz (Austria) |
| 2008 -2008 | Appointment as extraordinary Professor at Freiburg University |
| 2007 -2012 | Member of Content Committee, International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), Copenhagen |
| 2007 -2012 | Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Averbis GmbH, Freiburg (Germany) |
| 2003 -2003 | Appointment as University Lecturer (Privatdozent, Freiburg University) |
| 2003 -2009 | Guest Lecturer and Researcher at Parana Catholic University, Curitiba, Brazil. |
| 2002 -2002 | Habilitation (Highest Academic Distinction in Germany), Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg University |
| 2001 -2002 | Lecturer at Ruhr-Akademie Bochum, Germany |
| 2000 -2000 | Medical Informatics Certificate by the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) and the German Society for Computer Science (GI) |
| 1996 -2000 | Lecturer at Freiburg School of Medical Documentation |
| 1994 -2012 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics at the Freiburg University Medical Center (Germany) (since 12/2010 5%) |
| 1993 -1994 | Trainee, MEDIS-Institute, GSF research center, Munich-Neuherberg (Germany) |
| 1992 -1993 | Vocational Training in Medical Informatics (ISP data, Munich) |
| 1992 -1992 | Certificate Emergency Medicine |
| 1992 -1993 | Emergency physician at Malteser-Hilfsdienst Munich |
| 1991 -1992 | Assistant physician: Regional Hospital Kandel (Germany). Surgery & Traumatology |
| 1991 -1991 | Assistant physician at Dr. Neuber Clinic, Rastatt (Germany): Internal Medicine and Primary Health Care. |
| 1991 -1992 | Lecturer at School of Nursing, Kandel (Germany) |
| 1990 -1990 | Research Student at the Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) ... |
| 1988 -1990 | Medical Dissertation (MD) in Theoretical Medicine at the Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) |
| 1988 -1988 | Research Student. Carrying out field study and lab analyzes in cooperation with the PRODDIMA Project (GTZ) in São Luís, Brazil |
| 1984 -1984 | Italian Language Studies at Istituto Bertrand Russell, Padova (Italy) |
| 1984 -1990 | Medical School (Heidelberg, Freiburg, Porto Alegre) |
| 1982 -1982 | Patient care traineeship, Reha-Krankenhaus Karlsbad-Langensteinbach (Germany) |
| 1982 -1984 | Alternative Civilian Service as nursing aid, Reha-Krankenhaus Karlsbad-Langensteinbach (Germany) |
| 1969 -1982 | Public Schools in Karlsruhe, Pforzheim and Ettlingen (Germany) |
Awards
| 2021 | Class of Academy Fellows of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI) |
| 2015 | Best Paper Award (Co-author): International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies; |
| 2014 | Runner-up Best Paper Award (First Author): International Conference on Formal Ontologies in Information Systems (FOIS) |
| 2012 | Best Paper Award (Co-author): International Conference on Biomedical Ontologies |
| 2008 | Best Poster Award, GMDS-Jahrestagung |
| 2007 | 2nd Best Paper Award: MEDINFO 2007 (12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics) |
| 2005 | Förderpreis der Friedrich-Wingert-Stiftung |
| 2003 | Johann Peter Süßmilch Medaille durch die GMDS |
Appointments/Memberships in Professional Societies
| 2020 -2025 | ELGA GmbH Mitglied der "German Translation Group" für SNOMED CT |
| 2017 -2025 | SNOMED International Berater (Modelling Advisory Group) |
| 2009 -2025 | Internationale Gesellschaft für Ontologie und ihre Anwendungen Mitglied |
| 2000 -2025 | Sociedade Brasileira de Informática em Saúde (SBIS) Mitglied |
| 2015 -2018 | Arbeitsgruppe "Language and Meaning in Biomedicine" Co-Chair |
| 2015 -2018 | CBmed Biomarker Research GmbH Project Leader |
| 2014 -2018 | ChEBI (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest) Beirat Advisory Board Member |
| 2008 -2018 | HL7 Benutzergruppe in Deutschland e.V. Mitglied |
| 2007 -2018 | Averbis GmbH Mitglied des wiss. Beirates |
| 1994 -2018 | GMDS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie e.V. ) Mitglied |
| 2017 -2017 | MIRACUM Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats |
| 2000 -2017 | American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Mitglied |
| 2015 -2016 | ASSESS-CT Workpackage Leader |
| 2014 -2016 | SEMCARE Workpackage Leader, Executive Board member |
| 2010 -2016 | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation Mitglied der IHTSDO - WHO Joint Advisory Group |
| 2012 -2015 | IMIA Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe "Language and Meaning in Biomedicine" |
| 2011 -2015 | SemanticHealtNet Network of Excellence Work Package Leader, Executive Board Member |
| 2007 -2012 | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation Mitglied des Content Committee |
Editorial board appointments for scientific journals
| 2009 -2028 | JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SEMANTICS: |
Reviewer for scientific journals
| 2024 -2024 | COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE |
| 2008 -2023 | APPLIED ONTOLOGY |
| 2023 -2023 | MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS |
| 2000 -2020 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS |
| 2000 -2020 | METHODS OF INFORMATION IN MEDICINE |
| 2006 -2020 | BMC MEDICAL INFORMATICS AND DECISION MAKING |
| 2009 -2020 | JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SEMANTICS |
| 2018 -2018 | BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT, GESUNDHEITSFORSCHUNG, GESUNDHEITSSCHUTZ |
| 2007 -2017 | JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS |
| 2012 -2017 | JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION : JAMIA |
| 2013 -2016 | PLOS ONE |
| 2016 -2016 | COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL |
| 2008 -2013 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE |
| 2008 -2013 | BMC BIOINFORMATICS |
| 2011 -2012 | BIOINFORMATICS |
| 2012 -2012 | SCIENCE |
| 2010 -2010 | NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY |
Expert for appointment/habilitation procedures
| 2022 | Berufung: Mitglied: Medizinische Universität Graz |
| 2019 | Habilitation: Mitglied: Paris Orsay |
| 2015 | Habilitation: Mitglied: Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology |
Reviewer/Expert funding organizations
| 2015 -2018 | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - Germany |
| 2012 -2013 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Germany |
| 2012 -2012 | Netherlands Organisation for Health and Research Development - Netherlands |
| 2011 -2012 | European Commission - Belgium |
| 2012 -2012 | Netherlands eScience Center http://esciencecenter.nl/ - Netherlands |
| 2011 -2011 | National Research Foundation - South Africa |
| 2009 -2010 | ASIIN - Germany |
| 2010 -2010 | Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank (ÖNB) - Austria |
| 2007 -2008 | Swiss National Science Foundation - Switzerland |
Reviewer/Expert organization
| 2025 | Technische Universität Ilmenau |
| 2023 | Universität St. Gallen |
| 2017 | Universität Rennes |
| 2016 | Universidade de Cauca |
| 2016 | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco |
| 2014 | University of Aalborg |
| 2014 | University of Gothenburg |
| 2013 | University of São Paulo |
| 2013 | University of São Paulo |
| 2013 | University of Copenhagen |
| 2013 | University of the Basque Country |
| 2010 | Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie |
Organizer of scientific conferences, Chairs
| 2025 | Interdisciplinary School on Applied Ontology (ISAO) Organisator |
| 2019 | JOWO 2019 - Joint Ontology Workshops Organisator |
| 2019 | Joint Workshop on Ontologies Organisator |
| 2019 | MEDINFO 2019 Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2015 | MEDINFO 2015, São Paulo Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2012 | ICBO+FOIS2012 Organisator |
| 2010 | Workshop on Ontologies in Biomedicine and Life Sciences (OBML 2010) Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2010 | AMIA Annual Symposium Wissenschaftlicher Beirat/Beirätin |
| 2009 | Workshop on Ontologies in Biomedicine and Life Sciences (OBML 2009) Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2008 | KR-MED 2008 Organisator |
| 2008 | Medical Informatics Europe Wissenschaftlicher Beirat/Beirätin |
| 2006 | FCTC Organisator |
| 2006 | Symposium on Semantic Mining in Biomedicine Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2006 | Semantic Mining Conference on SNOMED CT Mitglied Organisationskomitee |
| 2005 | AMIA Annual Symposium Wissenschaftlicher Beirat/Beirätin |