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.
The Award carries a monetary prize of 1,000 EUR.
Who can participate?
The publication should be an original research paper that has been published in a peer reviewed journal and that has not yet been awarded elsewhere. The Award will normally be given to the leading (first) author but, upon request, the prize money can be split. Applicants can be physicians or scientists.
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 submitted publications to not meet the criteria.
Deadline for submission
The award in a specific years is given for a paper that was published in the previous year. For example the Dupuytren Award 2010 was given for a publication of 2009.
Please submit applications for the 2012 Award (i.e. paper published in 201) by 28 February 2012, including
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the submitted paper
- curriculum vitae of the author(s)
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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 UeberseeGermany
or email to dupuytren_award /at / dupuytren-online . info (please adjust this email address).
International Dupuytren Award 2011
In 2011 the the Award was given in two categories, for Clinical Research and for Basic Research. It was to the winners on 5 November 2011 at the Dupuytren's Summit in London. The winners of the 2011 International Dupuytren award are
For Clinical Research: Oliver Donaldson
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
for O.W. Donaldson et al. “The association between intraoperative correction of Dupuytren's disease and residual postoperative contracture“ The Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume, 2010) 35E: 3: 220–223
Oliver Donaldson (center) receives the Dupuytren Award 2011 for Clinical Research. The award is presented
by Prof. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt (left) and Dr. Bert Reichert (right),
both chairmen of the International Dupuytren Society.
For Basic Research: Neda Mosakhani and Mohamed Guled (together)
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
for Neda Mosakhani et al. “Unique microRNA profile in Dupuytren’s contracture supports deregulation of b-catenin pathway”Modern Pathology (2010) 23, 1544–1552
On behalf of the two winners two members of the research team, Dr. Minna Forsman and Prof. Jorma Ryhänen, are receiving the International Dupuytren Award for Basic Research
from Prof. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt (left) and Dr. Bert Reichert (right)
International Dupuytren Award 2010
The Award 2010 was be presented at the Annual Conference of German Hand Surgeons (DGH_2010). The winner is
Prof. Ilse Degreef
of the Katholicke Universiteit Leuven for her doctoral thesis
"Therapy-resisting Dupuytren's disease - new perspectives in adjuvant treatment"
The International Dupuytren Award is presented to Prof. Ilse Degreef by Wolfgang Wach of Dupuytren Society
at the 2010 annual meeting of the German hand surgeons (DGH 2010)
The 2010 International Dupuytren Award |
Prof. Degreef speaking at DGH 2010 on treatment of Dupuytren's disease |
A video of Prof. Degreef's presentation at DGH 2010, summarizing results of her thesis, is on http://www.techcast.com/events/dgh-kongress/do03/
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01/07/2012