Awards and Grants

Bettina Heidecker und Phillip Suwalski

PD Dr Bettina Heidecker and Dr Phillip Suwalski (DHZC, Campus Benjamin Franklin) receive project funding from the German Heart Foundation for their research into new treatment approaches for cardiomyopathies and heart failure.

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Kami Pekayvaz

Dr Kami Pekayvaz (University Hospital of Munich) receives the Bayer Thrombosis Research Award 2025 for his outstanding research in translational thrombosis research.

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Alexander Teumer

PD Dr Alexander Teumer (University Medicine Greifswald) has been awarded a Heisenberg Professorship by the German Research Foundation in the field of ‘Genetic Epidemiology’.

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Stefan Hell

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. mult. Stefan W. Hell (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences) receives the highest honour of the state of Lower Saxony for his scientific achievements and services to the state's research landscape.

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Andreas Daiber and Thomas Münzel

Prof Andreas Daiber and Prof Thomas Münzel (Mainz University Medical Centre) are coordinating the EU project ‘MARKOPOLO’ with 8 million euros in EU funding and 1.28 million euros from Switzerland. From 2025, the consortium will be investigating the health effects of traffic noise and air pollution.

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Daniel Rückert

Prof Daniel Rückert (Technical University of Munich) receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025, endowed with 2.5 million euros, for his research into AI-assisted medical imaging.

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Jasper Iske

Dr. med. Jasper Iske (Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité) receives the "DTG Young Investigator Award" for his research on the transplantation of older donor organs.

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Monika Sadlonova

Dr Monika Sadlonova (University Medical Centre Göttingen) receives the Lower Saxony Science Prize for her pioneering work in psychosomatics with a focus on cardiac medicine and interdisciplinary university development.

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14 DZHK researchers among the most cited scientists worldwide

Once again this year, DZHK scientists have made it into the Highly Cited Researchers Ranking. This means that they are among the world's ‘most cited minds’ in their respective fields.

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Martin Halle

Prof. Dr. Martin Halle (Technical University of Munich), together with his team, is awarded the Hufeland Prize by the German Medical Insurance for demonstrating the positive effects of exercise during dialysis.

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