Professor
Medical University of Vienna
Prof. Johann Wojta is currently heading the research lab of the Division of Cardiology at the Medical University of Vienna’s Department of Internal Medicine II. In addition, he is Head of the Core Facilities at the Medical University of Vienna and Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research. Johann Wojta obtained a PhD in Zoology at the University of Vienna in 1981 and since 1990 is Associate Professor of Medical Physiology. His research focusses on various aspects of the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. In particular the main interest of his group is related to monocytes and macrophages and their respective subsets, and their contribution to the development and progression of this disease. Johann Wojta is author on 397 publications according to https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=wojta+j&sort=date. He has an h-index of 67 and his papers were cited more than 16.000 times according to https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=CnvsdmYAAAAJ. Johann Wojta serves as Associate Editor for Cardiovascular Research, Section Editor for Fibrinolysis for Thrombosis and Haemostasis and he is on the Editorial Board of Vascular Pharmacology. In 2020 he has been appointed Chair-elect of the ESC Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science.
Saturday, July 9, 2022
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Monday, July 11, 2022
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Monday, July 11, 2022
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Monday, July 11, 2022
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM