Prof Dirk Müller-Wieland is a specialist in endocrinology and diabetology at University Hospital Aachen, Department of Medical Sciences (Aachen, DE). He leads the Cardiometric Prevention Working Group and the Clinical Study Center. His research and clinical interests focus on gene regulation, lipid metabolism, fat distribution, insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk.
He studied medicine in Germany before completing a two-year research fellowship at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He later held the Chair of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. From 2006 to 2015, he served as Head of the Department of General Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, where he also became founding dean of the Asklepios Medical School.
A key contributor to diabetes research and education, Professor Müller-Wieland was President of the German Diabetes Society (DDG) from 2017 to 2019.
