The award is offered to young doctors, engineers and scientists age 40 and under for outstanding research and development work in the field of bioceramics and the problem of wear in joint replacements and in combination with clinical results of ceramic implants.
Work may be published in scientific journals or in book form. Unpublished manuscripts that are intended for publication or have already been submitted for publication are also accepted along with graduate theses, dissertations and post-doctoral dissertations. Only work that has already received a similar award is excluded from the competition.
The winner is chosen by a DGOOC jury. The 2022 research award will be presented during the jointly sponsored congress by the German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC), the German Association for Trauma Surgery (DGU) and the Professional Association of Orthopaedists and Trauma Surgeons (BVOU) in Berlin.
To participate in the competition send the work in German or English until July 31, 2022 with a corresponding declaration that your work has not been distinguished with a similar award solely via email to:
Thomas STERNER (Germany)
Auswirkungen von klinisch relevanten Aluminium Keramik-, Zirkonium Keramik- und Titanpartikeln unterschiedlicher Größe und Konzentration auf die TNFα-Ausschüttung in einem humanen Makrophagensystem
[Effects of clinically relevant alumina ceramic particles, circonia ceramic particles and titanium particles of different sizes and concentrations on TNFα release in a human monocytic cell line]
The awarded paper was published in:
Biomedizinische Technik, 49 (2004), 340-344