Awards and Grants

PD Dr. med. Monika Sadlonova (University Medical Centre Göttingen) receives the research prize for cardiovascular medicine, jointly awarded by the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG) and the Ulrich Karsten Foundation, worth €10,000, for her prospective FINDERI study on the identification of early risk factors for postoperative delirium following heart surgery.

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kelle (German Heart Centre Charité) receives the SCMR Advocacy Award 2026 from the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for his outstanding services to the global promotion of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

Prof. Benjamin Meder, MD (Heidelberg University Hospital) has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Heart Foundation (Deutsche Herzstiftung e.V.).

Prof. Dr. Carsten Tschöpe (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) was honoured for his outstanding scientific achievements at the HFA Winter Research Meeting on Translational Heart Failure in Berlin.

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dimmeler (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt) receives the Hector Foundation's Science Award, worth €200,000, for her outstanding scientific achievements in developing new approaches to repairing damaged hearts.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jana Grune (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) took up a DFG Heisenberg Professorship at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in December 2025.

Prof. Constanze Schmidt, MD (University Medical Centre Göttingen) has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Heart Foundation (Deutsche Herzstiftung e.V.).

Prof. Dr. Malte Spielmann (Charité – Medical University Berlin) takes over the professorship for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics at Charité in order to further develop state-of-the-art genomic medical diagnostic procedures in research and clinical application. The appointment is funded by an Einstein Professorship from the Einstein Foundation Berlin.

Prof. Heribert Schunkert (Technische Universität München/Deutsches Herzzentrum München) is ranked second in the ScholarGPS ranking in the field of "Coronary artery disease" and is among the world’s most productive and influential researchers in this area.

Prof. Heribert Schunkert (Technical University of Munich / German Heart Center Munich) receives the Anitschkow Prize 2025 of the European Atherosclerosis Society for his contributions to the genetic foundations of atherosclerosis.