Egon and Ann Diczfalusy Foundation President
Ferenc BARI PhD DsC
- Szeged, Hungary
- University of Szeged
Head of Doctoral School (PhD) of Theoretical Medicine - Hungarian Physiological Society
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Hungarian Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology
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Ferenc Bari has broad scientific background in basic health sciences and biomedical engineering. Long term scientific activity known and established internationally in his field (publications > 200, cited > 5000). He has established the first telemedicine education center and program in Hungary. He served at various academic positions (dean, head of doctoral school, president and vice-president in scientific societies). He is responsible for a new education program on AI (health sciences oriented) at the University of Szeged.
Education:
- 1974-78
- electrical engineering, Technical University of Budapest (TUB), diploma: graduate engineer in biomedical control and measurement techniques
- 1979-82
- physiology and biophysics at Medical University of Szeged; (PhD, 1982)
Scientific degrees:
- 1995
- Candidate of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2001
- Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Honorary title and scholarships:
- 1999-2002
- Széchenyi Professorship
- 2003
- Fulbright Research Fellowship
- 2009
- Master Teacher “Gold Medal”, awarded by the Minister of Education and Culture
- 2013
- Doctor Honoris Causa “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
- 2017
- Medal “Pro Pathologia”, 2016, Hungarian Society for Pathology Honorary citizen of “Csongrad”
- 2018
- James W. Fisher lectureship and James W. Fisher Award, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
- 2022
- “Pro Universitate”, University of Szeged
Positions hold:
- 1978-1982
- graduate engineer, at Department of Physiology Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University
- 1983-1988
- lecturer, at Department of Physiology Albert Szent- Györgyi Medical University
- 1989-1990
- research fellow at Max Planck Institute, Bad Nauheim, Germany
- 1991-1994
- research associate
- 1995-1998
- research associate professor
- 1995-1997
- research associate professor at Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- 1999-2002
- associate professor
- 2002-2009
- professor
- 2004-2014
- Director of Students’ and Foreign Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine
- 2009-
- professor & chairman
- 2014-2018
- Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
- 2018-
- Head of Doctoral School (PhD) of Theoretical Medicine
Courses taught:
- 1982-
- Physiology seminars for students of medicine and pharmacy
- 1988-
- Lectures in medical physiology (Hungarian, English and German language)
- 2005-
- Physiology and pathophysiology of cerebral blood flow(elective courses in Hungarian and English)
- 2009-
- Biomedical measurement technique (elective course)
- 2009-
- Medical physics
- 2009-
- Medical Informatics
- 2014-
- Telemedicine
- 2021-
- principles of 3D printing in health sciences
Memberships in professional associations:
- 2008-
- International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (member of the Editorial board)
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- Society for Neuroscience
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- European Society for Microcirculation (Executive Board member)
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- European Neuroscience Association
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- European Neuropeptide Club
- 1998-2023
- Hungarian Physiological Society, Budapest (board member since 1998, vice president 2015-2018, president 2018-2023)
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- Hungarian Neuroscience Association, Budapest
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- Hungarian Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology
- 2005-2021
- Hungarian Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology (secretary 2005-2016, president 2016-2021)
- 2015-2018
- John von Neumann Computer Society (vice president)