The “Hygiene Prize 2015” awarded by the Rudolf Schülke Foundation
08. Dez 2015
On behalf of the Rudolf Schülke Foundation the Hygiene Prize was awarded by the chairman of the executive committee, Professor Martin Exner, MD, in Hamburg on 27 November 2015.
The Hygiene Prize, worth €15,000,- was shared between two scientists. Either of them is Tim Maisch, BSc (Regensburg, Germany) with his work titled " Fast and Effective Photodynamic Inactivation of Multiresistant Bacteria by Cationic Riboflavin Derivates" and the other is Matthias Willmann, MD (Tübingen, Germany) with his work titled " Analysis of a long-term outbreak of XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a molecular epidemiological study".
The Rudolf Schülke Foundation awards the Hygiene Prize biennially to scientists who have achieved remarkable solutions to problems in the area of hygiene, microbiology and preventive medicine.
The "Hygieia Medal 2015" awarded by the Rudolf Schülke Foundation
Along with the Hygiene Prize the Foundation awards the Hygieia Medal every two years. This medal is intended to honour those people who have devoted their lives’ work to hygiene and microbiology.
This year it was awarded to Professor Elaine Larson, Columbia University, U.S.A.
