Dr. Heidi Noels and Dr. Yvonne Döring receive the W.H. Hauss Award from the DGAF
19-21 April 2018
Dr. Heidi Noels from the Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research at RWTH Aachen University together with Dr. Yvonne Döring from the Institute for Prophylaxis and Epidemiology of Circulatory Diseases at LMU Munich together received the DGAF W.H. Hauss Award 2018 from the German Society for Atherosclerosis Research (DGAF) during the 32nd Annual Meeting of the DGAF in Rauischholzhausen, Germany. They were awarded for their publication "Vascular CXCR4 Limits Atherosclerosis by Maintaining Arterial Integrity: Evidence From Mouse and Human Studies." (Circulation. 2017; 136: 388-403). In this work it could be shown that vascular CXCR4 has an atheroprotective function by maintaining the arterial integrity and preserving the endothelial barrier function. In addition, CXCR4 stabilizes a contractile smooth muscle cell phenotype. Targeted enhancement of these CXCR4-mediated protective functions could open up novel therapeutic options in the treatment of atherosclerosis.
The award was sponsored by a long-standing active member of the DGAF, Prof. Dr. Winfried März.
Project area Z
Administrative project
Robert Werner Mertens
MD student
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Department of Internal Medicine
Project: The role of incretin hormone GLP-2 in septic cardiomyopathy
PI: Michael Lehrke
Robert Werner Mertens
MD student
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Department of Internal Medicine
Project: The role of incretin hormone GLP-2 in septic cardiomyopathy
PI: Michael Lehrke
Consortium
Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Complications
in Chronic Kidney Disease
The SFB/TRR219 is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Project-ID 322900939
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Vice spokesperson (Homburg)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Danilo Fliser
Saarland University – Campus Homburg
Internal Medicine IV – Nephrology
Kirrberger Straße
66421 Homburg/Saar
E-Mail: danilo.fliser@uks.eu
Spokesperson (Aachen)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Jankowski
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Institute for Molecular
Cardiovascular Research
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-Mail: jjankowski@ukaachen.de
Managing Director
Heidi Noels, PhD, PD
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
E-mail: hnoels@ukaachen.de
Executive Board
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Danilo Fliser
Saarland University - Campus Homburg
Internal Medicine IV – Nephrology
Kirrberger Straße, 66421 Homburg/Saar
E-mail: danilo.fliser@uks.eu
Univ.‐Prof. Dr. med. Michael Böhm
Saarland University – Campus Homburg
Internal Medicine III – Cardiology
Kirrberger Straße, 66421 Homburg/Saar
E-mail: michael.boehm@uks.eu
Univ.‐Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Floege
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Medical Clinic II - Nephrology
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: jfloege@ukaachen.de
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Nikolaus Marx
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Medical Clinic I – Cardiology
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: nmarx@ukaachen.de
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Jankowski
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: jjankowski@ukaachen.de
Heidi Noels, PhD, PD
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: hnoels@ukaachen.de
Univ.‐Prof. Dr. med. Rafael Kramann
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Medical Clinic II - Nephrology
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: rkramann@ukaachen.de
Head of IRTG
Coordinator
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Jankowski
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: jjankowski@ukaachen.de
IRTG Coordinator (Homburg)
Univ.- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Barbara Niemeyer
Saarland University – Campus Homburg
Molecular Biophysics
Kirrberger Straße, 66421 Homburg
E-mail: Barbara.niemwyer@uks.eu
IRTG Coordinator (Aachen)
PD Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Goettsch
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Medical Clinic I - Cardiology
Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen
E-mail: cgoettsch@ukaachen.de