Medical University Innsbruck
Area of expertise and the Healthcare Provider’s contribution to care for patients within the MetabERN Network
Medical University of Innsbruck is a young research centre with a long tradition. The Medical University of Innsbruck was one of the first four faculties (Philosophy 1669, Faculty of Law 1670, Faculty of Theology 1670 and Faculty of Medicine 1674) of the University of Innsbruck. It has been an important flagship for the university throughout its 340-year history.
Within the framework of the University Act of 2002, the medical faculty was separated from the Leopold-Franzens University, and in 2004 the Medical University of Innsbruck was established as a university in its own right. Today, the Med-Uni has some 3,400 students and 2,200 employees. It is the most important medical research and training facility in western Austria and the home university of many Tyroleans, South Tyroleans and students from the Province of Vorarlberg.
Specific treatments and interventions provided by the HCPs
The main objectives of the Medical University of Innsbruck are to provide top quality teaching and training, world-class research and continuous advancements in medicine.
Patient care is one of the core tasks of Medical University of Innsbruck. Putting the sick person at the centre of their concerns, the staff at the University Medical Center are responsible for high-quality regional and transregional patient care. Medical University of Innsbruck works closely with the provincial government of the Tyrol and their institutional units.
The characterisation of the clinical, biochemical and molecular features of inherited metabolic disorders is a longstanding research focus of the institute. Areas of special interest include lipid, lipoprotein, fatty acid, organic acid, amino acid, dipeptide and polyamine metabolism, as well as ongoing smaller projects and publications. In addition to a range of research projects, they have led the development of the International Classification of Inherited Metabolic Disorders (ICIMD, see www.icimd.org), a group-based collation of >1400 monogenic diseases, endorsed by all international societies for inherited metabolic diseases.

Medical University Innsbruck
Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria