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

  • 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 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 contractureThe Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume, 2010) 35E: 3: 220–223

International Dupuytren Award 2011: Oliver Donaldson receives the Award in the category Clinical Research

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 pathwayModern Pathology (2010) 23, 1544–1552

International Dupuytren Award 2011: Minna Forsman and Jorma Ryhänen receive the Award for Basic Research on behalf of Neda Mosakhani and Mohamed Guled

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"

Presentation of the International Dupuytren Award 2010 to Prof. Ilse Degreef at the DGH conference in Nuremberg

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 is going to Prof. Ilse Degreef

The 2010 International Dupuytren Award

Ilse Degreef lecturing on treatment of Dupuytren's disease at DGH 2010

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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