(Vienna, 21 December 2023) This year's Theodor Billroth Prize of the Vienna Medical Association went to MedUni Vienna researchers Matthäus Metz, Theresa-Marie Dachs, Daniel Mrak and Felix Kartnig. The Erste Bank Research Promotion Award and the Seal of Quality also went to MedUni Vienna employees and graduates, namely Michael Winklehner, Vlad Tereshenko, Martin Direder and Godber Mathis Godbersen.
Theodor Billroth Prize of the Vienna Medical Association
1. “Leptin increases hepatic triglyceride export via a vagal mechanism in humans” Published in: Cell Metabolism, November 1, 2022
Matthäus Metz
2. “Riociguat in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the haemoDYNAMIC trial” Published in: European Heart Journal, August 1, 2022
Theresa-Marie Dachs
3. “Safety and immunogenicity of a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases compared with healthy controls” Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, September 15, 2022
Felix Kartnig
Daniel Mrak
Seal of quality Theodor Billroth Prize of the Vienna Medical Association
“Task-evoked metabolic demands of the posteromedial default mode network are shaped by dorsal attention and frontoparietal control networks” Published in: Journal eLife, May 25, 2023
Godber Mathis Godbersen
Research Promotion Prize of Erste Bank der Österreichischen Sparkassen AG
1. “Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with P/Q-VGSS vs. Yo Autoantibodies“ Published in: Journal Neurology Neuroimmunology / Neuroinflammation, July 2022
Michael Winklehner
2. “Autonomic Nerve Fibers Aberrantly Reinnervate Denervated Facial Muscles and Alter Muscles Fiber Population” Published in: Journal of Neuroscience, November 2, 2022
Vlad Tereshenko
3. “The transcriptional profile of keloidal Schwann cells” Published in: Journal Experimental and Molecular Medicine, November 4, 2022
Martin Direder