Awards and Grants

Prof. Wolfram Hubertus Zimmermann

Prof. Wolfram Zimmermann (University Medical Center Göttingen) is the European coordinator of a research group supported by the Leducq Foundation within the Transatlantic Network of Excellence. The team is investigating genome editing for the treatment of heart failure.

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Prof. Dr. Hendrik Sager

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Sager (German Heart Centre Munich) will receive 300,000 euros from the Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung for the project "Alteration of the monocyte repertoire after myocardial infarction - novel mechanistic insights and therapeutic avenues".

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Julia Büschges

Julia Büschges (Robert Koch Institute) received the Young Investigator Award for her contribution on childhood cardiovascular risk factors, which she presented at the virtual ESC Preventive Cardiology Congress 2020.

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PD Dr. Thorsten Kessler

PD Dr. Thorsten Kessler (German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University of Munich) receives the Prevention Prize 2020 of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM).

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Prof. Thomas Wieland

In cooperation with Prof. Joachim Fischer (both Medical Faculty Mannheim), it was possible to raise 1.59 million euros from the state of Baden-Württemberg for the AMBIGOAL research project aimed at securing GP care in rural areas on the basis of innovative health centres.

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Prof. Johannes Backs

Prof. Johannes Backs (Heidelberg University Hospital) will receive 442,000 euros from the state of Baden-Württemberg for the project "Development of an 'indirect heart muscle cell test' (IHT) for the prediction of heart failure".

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Prof. Jeanette Schulz-Menger

Prof. Jeanette Schulz-Menger (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) is honoured with the Gold Medal Award 2020 of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR).

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Prof. Jens Frahm

The physicist Prof. Jens Frahm (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry) is awarded the Werner von Siemens Ring of the foundation of the same name for his achievements. He has further developed MRI into a fast and thus clinically mature technology.

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Dr. Mahir Karakas

Dr. Mahir Karakas (University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg) will receive 4.7 million euros from the German Research Foundation. For the first time, aspirin and atorvastatin will be evaluated in a clinical study for the treatment of mild myocardial ischemia.

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Prof. Renate Schnabel

Prof. Renate Schnabel (University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg) coordinates the AFFECT-EU project on screening for atrial fibrillation. Together with 26 international partners, she will receive 6 million euros from the EU's Horizon 2020 funding programme.

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