| 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 23 November.
The Hygiene Prize, worth €15,000 was shared between two research groups, one consisting of Dr. Christine Goffinet, Ina Allespach and PD Dr. Oliver T. Keppler of Heidelberg University for their work titled: "HIV-susceptible transgenic rats allow rapid preclinical testing of antiviral compounds targeting virus entry or reverse transcription", the other group consisting of Dr. Iris F. Chaberny, Dr. Dorit Sohr, Professor Henning Rüden and Professor Petra Gastmeier from Hanover/Berlin for their work titled: "Development of a Surveillance System for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in German Hospitals".
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.
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 Manfred Rotter, MD, Director of the Clinical Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology at the University of Vienna.
At the award ceremony 2007 a new monograph was presented on behalf of the Rudolf Schülke Foundation titled “On the threat of infectious diseases – the need for a reform of infection hygiene”, published by mhp-Verlag, which is a revised edition of the monograph first published in 1996. An English translation is planned to be published early in 2008.
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