Peter Schwarz

The passion of Prof. Schwarz is the prevention of diabetes. In 2010 he was appointed as professor of prevention and care of diabetes at the Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the Technical University of Dresden. Prof. Schwarz also qualified as MBA for international business with focus on business strategies and leadership. In the last 10 years Prof Schwarz has led a number of European and international research consortia. All of them are dedicated to develop strategies to improve the situation for people with diabetes mellitus. Prof. Schwarz is active as an international speaker. He has more than 300 peer reviewed publications published.

In 2022 he was elected as president elect of the International Diabetes Federation and became member of the Board of the NCDA Alliance.

In 2015, Peter Schwarz has 218 peer reviewed publications, (89 as first and senior author, 34 reviews), with a total impact factor of 1245. His citations include 10887 articles without self-citations and are represented by a Hirsch index 43. He has written 42 book chapters.Prof. Schwarz was candidate for the.

The aims of his work are the development and monitoring of the implementation of programs for primary prevention of type 2 diabetes and the development of training programs for health care professionals.