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
Gender equality
Women in our SFB/TRR219
Within our consortium, female researchers are represented on different levels of project preparation,
scientific management as well as in the scientific partnership as scientific project leaders, with currently 26% of women among the principal investigators and with 7 of 17 projects (41%) headed or co-headed by a female leader.
Since the resulting percentage of male and female leaders is still unbalanced at this stage, we will take all possible measures to further elevate the percentage of female researchers in our consortium.
Specific measures to promote gender equality
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Female Advisory Mentoring Panel” to offer advice to female doctoral students aiming for an academic career
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Mentoring courses for female scientists offering a range of workshops and seminars focusing on the participation of women in academia by strategically promoting the career development of excellent female doctoral, postdoctoral and habilitating scientists through professional coaching
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Research management courses and networking.
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Financial support to facilitate research careers of female investigators and young families
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Flexible and family-friendly work schedules, part-time employment and support for returning to work after maternity leave, to facilitate the balance of work and family
Events
Laboratory support for Pregnant Women
Babysitter during Business trips
Home Office equipment for young parents as well as pregnant women
2021
EMBO course: Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders:
Julia Möllmann
Janina Frisch
Corona babysitting service through support of the FlexiMedKids Program; University Saarland
Corona babysitting service through acquisition of Kidsboxes for both University Aachen as well as University Saarland
2020
TANDEMplusMED
Julia Möllmann
Equal opportunity session during winterschool:
Developing a research career – International trends & gender challenges
Corona babysitting service through support of the FlexiMedKids Program; University Saarland
Corona babysitting service through acquisition of Kidsboxes for both University Aachen as well as University Saarland
2019
Workshop Self-management, communication and assertiveness for MD/PdD students and postdocs during winterschool
TANDEMpeerMED 2019-2020:
Eva Harlacher
Annika Himmelsbach
Andrea Büscher
EMBO course: Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders:
Claudia Göttsch
2018
Gender Symposium 2018 - organized by Prof Habel in cooperation with Prof Kiessling GRK and TRR219
Translation of the Mentoring logbook into the English language
Commissioned by Univ.- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Jankowski - Speaker for SFB/TRR219
In consultation with Frau Dr. Henrike Wolf, Speaker for Career Development and Gender, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen
Gender Awareness by Frau Regina Brehm:
Univ.- Prof. Dr. med. Danilo Fliser
Univ.- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Joachim Jankowski
TANDEMplusMED:
Corinna Schulte
Sonja Djudjaj
Setti Orth-Alampour
Barbara Klinkhammer
EMBO course: Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders:
Leticia Prates Roma
Dalia Alansary