Reinhard Holl MD, PhD

Reinhard W. Holl is a pediatric endocrinologist and diabetologist working at the University of Ulm, Germany, in the Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry. He is head of the working group on computer-assisted quality monitoring in medicine and has a 20-year of experience in standardized prospective documentation for patients with diabetes mellitus (DPV software), obesity (APV software) as well as congenital hypothyroidism and congenital adrenal hyperplasia. He studied medicine at the universities of Ulm and Hannover, followed by internal medicine and pediatric training and sub-specialization in pediatric endocrinology/diabetology. After 25 years in inpatient and outpatient care at the Universities of Ulm and Gießen, he switched to patient-centered research as a primary focus. His main research interests are healthcare research in children with chronic conditions, medical quality management, and multicenter observational studies using an advanced methodology, focusing on the long-term course in chronic disorders (diabetes, obesity, endocrine). His research group, including a mathematician, two statisticians, nutrition and physical activity experts as well as medical doctors and data experts, is part of the German Government-funded Competence Network Diabetes mellitus and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). In addition to patient-centered research, he sees pediatric patients with endocrine disorders, obesity, or diabetes in private practice.