Awards and Grants

Prof Dr Wolfgang Kübler (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) receives the Presidential Service Award 2025 of the American Physiological Society (APS) for his outstanding achievements and commitment to physiological research.

Dr Betül Toprak (University Heart and Vascular Centre Hamburg, UKE) receives 10,000 euros for her AI-supported study on heart attack diagnostics - awarded the new research prize ‘Digital Innovations in Cardiac Medicine’ by the German Heart Foundation and the DGK eCardiology Section, sponsored by Sana Kliniken AG.

Natalie Arnold, Angela Dettling, Philipp Doldi, Thomas Eschenhagen, Funsho Emmanuel Fakuade, Norbert Frey, Carolin Gragoll, Salmina José Guivala, Emanuel Heil, Rabea Hinkel, Dominik Hubricht, Shinwan Kany, Tobias Koch, Thorsten Keßler, Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Mariya M. Kucherenko, Ulf Landmesser, Felix Rausch, Tobias Rheude, Renate Schnabel, Katrin Streckfuß-Bömeke, Jonas Sundermeyer, Betül Toprak, Netra Veetil, Mustafa Yildirim

Prof Thomas Münzel and his team (Mainz University Medical Centre) have been awarded 270,000 euros by the Mainz Science Foundation for their environmental medical research into the effects of air pollution and traffic noise on the cardiovascular system.

Prof Fabian Theis (Helmholtz Munich) has been accepted as a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for his outstanding scientific achievements in computational biology and artificial intelligence in biomedical research.

Dr Julian Wagner (University Hospital Frankfurt) receives the Young Investigator Award at the Perspectives in Cardiovascular Biology Meeting 2025.

Prof Dr Christina Magnussen (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf) receives the August Wilhelm and Lieselotte Becht Research Prize (15,000 euros) for her global study on the ‘Big Five’ cardiovascular risk factors.

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Reinhardt (Mainz University Medical Centre) receives the GTH's Alexander Schmidt Prize 2025, endowed with 15,000 euros, for his microbiome research into intestinal diseases.

Prof Dr Annette Peters (Helmholtz Centre Munich) was elected as the new Chair of the NAKO e.V. Board of Directors.

Nivethithia Manickam and Leah Vanicek (Young DZHK Scientists - Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital) receive the Aletta Jacobs Prize of the German Society for Microcirculation.