The International Dupuytren Award

 

Dupuytren Society announces the Dupuytren Award. The Dupuytren Award recognizes exceptional scientific publications on research or clinical treatment of Morbus Dupuytren and/or Morbus Ledderhose. Research can be about therapy, epidemiology, pathogenesis, genomics, or in other areas improving the understanding and treatment of these diseases. It will be awarded for the first time in 2010 for work published in 2009.

The Award carries a monetary prize of 1,000 EUR.

 

Who can participate?

Submitted publication should not have more than four authors. The Award will normally be given to the leading (first) author but, upon request, the prize money can be split. The publication should be an original research paper that has not yet been awarded elsewhere.

Applicants can be physicians or scientists and should not be more than 45 years old.

 

Who will elect the winner?

The winner will be selected by the Scientific Advisory Board and the Management Board of the Dupuytren Society. The winner will be announced at the annual members' assembly of the Dupuytren Society or at another date or location set by the Scientific Advisory Board. The Dupuytren Award will be awarded annually but the Scientific Advisory Board may wave the Award for specific years if the submitter publications to not meet the criteria.

The Award for 2010 will be presented at the Annual Conference of German Hand Surgeons (DGH_2010) which will have Dupuytren's contracture as one of its focusses. This will be awarded to a publication of 2009.

 

Deadline for submission

Please submit applications for 2009 by end of June 2010 and for 2010 by 31 December 2010, including

• the submitted paper

• curriculum vitae of the author(s)

• publication list of the author(s).

Where to submit your application?

Please mail your application to

Scientific Advisory Board of Dupuytren Society

c/o Dupuytren e.V.
Professor Dr. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt
Westerbuchberg 60b                         
83236 Uebersee

Germany

or to email to     dupuytren_award /at / dupuytren-online . info  (please adjust this email address).

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