Awards and Grants

Prof. Wolfgang Hoffmann (Greifswald University Hospital) is the new chairman of the German Network for Health Services Research. He has been a member of the board for ten years, most recently serving as vice chairman.

Prof. Ralf Brandes (University Hospital Frankfurt) receives the Robert Pfleger Research Award 2020 for his contributions to the physiology and pathophysiology of blood vessels. The award, which is endowed with 60,000 euros, has only now been presented to three prize winners due to the pandemic.

Prof. Derk Frank (University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus) is the new director of the Department of Internal Medicine III, specializing in cardiology, angiology and internal intensive care medicine. Previously, he held the position of acting director of the clinic for two years.

Dr Julian Grünewald (TU Munich) was awarded the Life Sciences Bridge Award of the Aventis Foundation for his contribution to the genome editing of heart muscle cells - with 100,000 euros one of the most highly endowed prizes for young scientists in Germany.

Prof. Wolfram Döhner (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) is a new board member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), one of the largest medical academic societies worldwide. The election for ESC Councillor for 2022-24 took place in June.

First prize in the Kurt and Erika Palm Foundation Science Award goes to Dr Alexander Steger, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TU Munich. The prize is awarded by the German Heart Foundation together with the German Society for Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Diseases (DGPR). It is endowed with a total of 10,000 euros.

Prof. Anselm Uebing (Kiel University) was elected at the end of June as the new Chairman of the Board of the Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects, one of the world's largest research networks in the field of congenital heart defects.

Prof. Ralf Brandes (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main), is spokesperson of the new Collaborative Research Center 1531 "Damage Control by the Stroma-Vascular Compartment".