Helmut Hinghofer's credentials

Helmut G. Hinghofer-Szalkay

Professional background

Helmut Hinghofer-Szalkay researches and teaches physiology since 1970. He became a tenured professor at the University of Graz in 1981. During his career he was an Ames Research Fellow; the Director of Adaptional and Spaceflight Physiology; and chairman of the Department of Physiology, Medical University in Graz, Austria, from which he retired 2013.

Editorial Board Member

Review activities

Honors, experience

Areas of research

Methods used

Firsts

Editorial board member

Review activities for scientific journals

American Journal of Physiology (American Physiological Society)
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine (Aerospace Medical Association)
Clinical Physiology (Blackwell)
Diabetes Metabolism Research & Reviews (Wiley & Sons)
European Journal of Applied Physiology (Springer)
European Journal of Clinical Investigation (Blackwell)
Journal of Applied Physiology (American Physiological Society)
Physiological Research (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Stress. The International Journal on the Biology of Stress (Francis & Taylor)
The Journal of Physiology (The Physiological Society, UK / Cambridge University Press)

Activities / honors / experience

Chairman, Institute of Physiology, Medical University Graz, 2000-2001 and 2005-2013
President, Styrian Physicians' Scientific Society 2008-2010; deputy, 2010-2012
Correspondent in Gravitational Physiology, International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
Founder & head, Institute for Adaptive and Spaceflight Physiology (IAP), Graz
Member, IAA Study Group on 'Medical Safety Guidelines for Passengers on Commercial Orbital Space Flights' (2006-present)
Member, Board of Trustees, International Academy of Astronautics
Vice Co-chair, Scientific Program Committee, 16th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Beijing / China, May 20-24, 2007
Co-chair and member of the Organizing Committee, 6th International Water Immersion Symposium, Nagakute, Japan, September 2005
Conference Chair, 15th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Graz 2005
Member, International Program Committee, IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Innsbruck 2004
Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, 7th ISAM International Congress, San Diego, USA 2003
Member, International Organizing Committee, 5th International Head-Out Water Immersion Symposium, Houston, Texas 2002
Member, International Advisory Board, 4th Int'l Congress of Pathophysiology, Budapest 2002
Chair, Franz Lanyar Foundation 2002-2010
Member, Scientific & Organizing Program Committee, 13th IAA Humans in Space Symposium, Greece 2000
Member, Int'l Scientific Advisoty Board, 6th World Congress, International Society for Adaptive Medicine (ISAM), Lyon 2000
Organizer and president, 4th International Head-Out Water Immersion Symposium, Graz 1999
Member, ISGP Council of Trustees (International Society for Gravitational Society), 1998-present
Secretary 1997-2004 (vice president, 1991-96), Austrian Society for Aerospace Medicine, Vienna
PI of an RLF-spaceflight experiment ("Interstitium" - using the current long term flight world record: 14 months) flown onboard MIR space station in 1994-1995
Scientific director, Styrian Dietetics Academy, Graz 1993-2000
Organizer of the International "Space Life Sciences in Austria" Symposium, Vienna 1992
PI of the Austromir-experiment "Bodyfluids" - flown 1991
Doctor's office (nutritional physiology), Graz 1987-1990
Local organiser of the esa-sponsored 3rd European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, Graz 1987
Editor: "Gravity response in man", XXVIth COSPAR plenary meeting, Tolouse 1986
Correspondent in Gravitational Physiology, IUPS, 1985-present
Member, Advisory Group "Concept for Austrian Participation on Space Investigation", Ministry for Sciences & Research, Vienna 1982
Secretary, Austrian Physiological Society 1979-1983, and 1997-2011
Secretary, Styrian Scientific Society of Physicians, Graz 1976-2003

Areas of research (> list of publications)

Smooth muscle physiology (70's)
Circulatory and lymph dynamics (80's)
Medical test item analysis (80's)
Blood volume regulation, blood physicochemistry (90's)
Body composition analysis
Space medicine & physiology

Methods

Isolated organ activity monitoring
Eye movement monitoring
EEG, EOG, EKG, ENG
Computer-aided nutritional profile determination
Blood pressure monitoring
High-precision mass densitometry
Whole-body and regional electrical impedance monitoring
Non-invasive biosignal detection

Firsts

Introduction and application of the mechanical oscillator technique for high-precision density measurements on blood
First continuous mass density measurements on blood and lymph
Discovery of biphasic hemoconcentration / hemodilution effects with orthostatic stimulation
First investigations into endocrine regulation of pseudo-orthostatic stability in long-term spaceflight
Establishment of a new Physiology Curriculum
Novel abdominal fat layer assessment method
Observation of reactive hyperemia in the human liver