Summer and Winter School
Exercise Physiology in Health and Disease

Registration fee includes tuition, laboratory work, three social events including opening dinner on Sunday, lunches, coffee/tee for the week, and certificate of participation at the end. Additional meals, travel, and accommodation are not included and must be arranged for by the participants.

Student: € 549,-
Non-student: € 699,-

We will confirm your place in the course within three weeks after receiving your application and send you an invoice including payment instructions.

If you identify as a student, you will be required to submit a copy of your official confirmation of enrolment. If you identify as a PhD student with maximum 50% employment, you need to additionally submit a confirmation of your employment status. Documents must be emailed as a pdf file to .

Please note that laboratory as well as outdoor activities will be carried out as part of the program. By submitting the online application form, you confirm that, if you are accepted to the course, you will have sufficient accident and liability insurance during the entire program.

Medical doctors in Austria can obtain 42 DFP points upon successful completion of the course.

PMU Campus, Strubergasse 15, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

HS 34, House D

Dr. Amann is a Professor of Anesthesiology, Theodore H. Stanley Presidential Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology, and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Amann is one of the world’s leading experts in respiratory physiology and has a wide range of physiological methods at his disposal. His research particularly focuses on the neural control of the circulation and breathing, and the etiology of central nervous system fatigue. Dr. Amann’s work aims at enhancing our understanding of the impact of cardiovascular disease on autonomic reflex function and of mechanisms determining neuromuscular fatigue during physical activity. He has published more than 126 peer-reviewed and impactful articles.

Professor Gehlert is an Exercise Physiologist and investigates primarily molecular and biochemical aspects of skeletal muscle adaptation in response to resistance- and endurance exercise. A specific topic is the acute regulation of muscle damage and its role for mechanoprotection of skeletal muscle by exercise-induced preconditioning. His research also covers applied aspects of performance diagnostics in elite sports and specifically the role of lactate in aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. He is a member of the German Council for Fitness. Sebastian was a former research associate at the Institute for Circulatory Research and Sports Medicine at Deutsche Sporthochschule. Since 2018, he is a university professor for the biosciences of sports at the University of Hildeshe

Professor Koehler’s research focuses on the integration of nutrition and physical activity towards optimizing health and physical performance. His experimental research includes controlled nutritional and exercise interventions where he applies physiological, endocrine and psychological methods. After being an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he became a Professor of exercise, nutrition and health at the Department of Sport and Health Sciences at the Technical University of Munich - Germany in 2019. He has contributed more than 80 scientific publications on topics related to nutrition, energy metabolism, body composition, and physical activity and works with individuals across the whole activity spectrum from elite athletes to couch potato

Professor Lundby is a Danish exercise physiologist. His research interests are the human adaptations to external stimuli such as exercise, altitude, heat, physical activity or bed rest. One of his main areas is the regulation and assessment of blood volume and hemoglobin mass, ranging from elite athletes to clinical populations. Carsten's education started in Copenhagen with Prof. Bengt Saltin and after holding positions as a Professor in Zurich, Copenhagen and Norway he is now a Professor at University of Southern Denmark. Professor Lundby is an internationally renowned scientist and has published more than 200 scientific articles.

Professor Josef Niebauer MD, PhD, MBA, is specialist in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Sports Medicine, Sports Cardiology, Rehabilitation. He is Chief and University Chair of the Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Digital Health and Prevention, Director of the Rehab Center Salzburg, President of the Austrian Association of Prevention and Rehabilitation, Past-President of the Austrian Society of Sports Medicine and Prevention as well as Past-Chair of the Sections of Sports Cardiology of the Austrian, German and European Societies of Cardiology. His research interest lies in the fields of exercise training in cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic diseases, effects on endothelial function, oxidative stress, metabolism, muscular adaptation, and preparticipation examination in athletes. He is author of >500 manuscripts in national and international journals, and editor of 5 books.

Professor Ritter's main research interests are molecular and cellular ion transport mechanisms, especially with respect to the mechanisms of cell volume regulation and their functional sequel. Being the Director of the Gastein Research Institute, Salzburg/Bad Gastein, Austria, and a PI at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Arthritis Research, his work also includes chondrocyte and arthritis research. Markus has covered lead positions in several prestigious institutions such as Austrian Physiological Society. He published more than 150 scientific articles and authored several books and book chapters, including text books for medical students and is Editor-in Chief of the Journal Paracelsus Proceedings of Experimental Medicine (PPExMed).

Dr. Mahdi Sareban is a senior cardiologist and sports physician at the University Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation in Salzburg. His research covers cardiovascular adaptation to exercise training in endurance athletes and patients with cardiovascular diseases. Mahdi has comprehensive clinical and scientific experience in resting- and exercise echocardiographic imaging and cardio-pulmonary exercise testing. He is also a co-investigator at the Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention in Salzburg where he is leading validation studies of wearable devices. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hermann Schwameder: Professor Schwameder is Head of Department of Sports and Exercise Science of the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria, where he is also leading the biomechanics group. Before, he was a Professor for Biomechanics at the well-known Karlsruhe Institute of Technology  (KIT) in Germany. Hermann has been involved in several bio-mechanical research projects including gait analysis, running, mountaineering and ski-jumping. He has published more than 300 scientific articles, conference papers and book chapters and delivered more than 90 scientific lectures in the field of biomechanics.

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gunnar Treff is an exercise physiologist and sports scientist. His research focuses on systemic, especially cardiovascular responses to training in diverse populations ranging from elite athletes to cancer and cardiac rehabilitation patients. He contantly published validation studies of CPET and blood gas analysers, ergometers, and wearables. Gunnar has also been working in high performance sports for three olympic cycles and was a research associate at the Division of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Ulm. Since 2021 he is a senior post doc at the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg where he increasingly focuses on rehabilitation and clinical aspects of exercise physiology. He is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters.

Professor Henning Wackerhage is a Molecular Exercise Physiologist and has published several textbooks and more than 100 scientific publications in this field. He is head of the Exercise Biology group of the TU Munich which is generally interested in the molecular mechanisms by which exercise improves our performance, fitness and health. Specific research projects are effect of exercise on thermogenic adipose tissue and on the blood metabolome and proteome, the role of Hippo proteins in adaptation to exercise and aerosol emission and infection risk. Furthermore, his research group investigates how muscle hypertrophy reprograms metabolism and how this affects metabolic health. Henning studied and obtained his doctorate at the German Sport University in Cologne, became a lecturer in sports physiology at the University of Central Lancashire before moving to the University of Dundee and then as senior lecturer and reader to the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Since 2016 he is Associate Professor of Exercise Biology at the TUM.