Awards and Grants

Prof. Dr Volkmar Falk (Charité Berlin) is the new Vice President of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).

Junior professor Dr. Sandy Engelhardt (Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University) and Prof. Dr Philipp Wild (University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) have been awarded a total of 5 million euros as part of the Carl Zeiss Foundation's "CZS Breakthroughs" programme for their research into individualised therapeutic approaches for patients with heart failure.

Dr Monika Sadlonova (University Medical Centre Göttingen, UMG) has been awarded the Jacob Henle Prize for Young Researchers. She received the 10,000 euro prize for her clinical and scientific achievements in the field of psychocardiology with a focus on cardiac surgery patients.

Dr. Lena Marie Seegers (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) receives the LOEWE project funding from the Hessian Ministry of Science for her research into women-specific prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dimmeler (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern as part of the Dies academicus 2023.

Dr Luise Röhrich (Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, DHZC) has won the 10,000 euro research award of the Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin (DIVI). The prize supports work that improves patient safety.

Prof. Katharina Schmitt (German Heart Centre of the Charité, DHZC) is taking up a W3 professorship for developmental paediatrics in cardiac medicine. This makes the paediatric cardiologist the first W3 professorship of its kind in Germany.

Dr. Daniel Andergassen (TU Munich) receives an ERC Starting Grant for his research on sex differences in heart failure.

Dr. Daniel Reichart (LMU Klinikum München) has been awarded two million euros in funding by the DFG as part of the Emmy Noether Programme for his research into ageing processes in the heart.

Dr. Lena Marie Seegers (University Hospital Frankfurt) receives the Martina Grote Science Award "Women's Hearts" from the German Heart Foundation for her work on gender-specific differences in plaque structures. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2023 in collaboration with the German Society of Cardiology (DGK).