Ralf Dechend

Group leader at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC)/MDC and Senior Physician Cardiology Department HELIOS Clinic Curriculum vitae 2018 Professor (Internal Medicine) Charité, 2016 Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (FESC) 2016 member of the AHA (American Heart Association) 2015 Adjunct professor in translational research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense 2009 Boards for „Cardiology“ 2005 Hypertension specialist (DHL and ESH) 2003 Habilitation: “The role of the transcription factor NF-kB and inflammation in the pathogenesis of arteriosclerotic and hypertensive vascular damage“ 1995 Dissertation: “Thrombolytic potency of unfractionated and low-molecular weight heparin“ 1993 Brown University, Rhode Island, USA 1986 – 1993 Medical Studies, Medical School of Hannover and Charing Cross, London, England research field - Resistant hypertension, treatment options and clinical management - preeclampsia and hypertension and pregnancy - vascular biology (arteriosclerosis and gender effect) - translational research for hypertension - role of immune system in hypertension induced endorgan damage Awards 2018 Franz-Gross Award Deutsche Hochdruckliga 2010 ISH Award 2005 Poster-Award of the American College of Cardiology, Orlando, USA 2003 Dr. Adalbert Buding Award of the German Hypertension Society 2001 European Young Investigator Award of the American Heart Association 2001 1. Poster-Award of the German Society of Nephrology 2001 Young Investigator Award of the German Hypertension Society 2000 Jan Brod Award (Dotation: 10.000 DM) 2000 1. Research Prize „Update in Thrombolysis“ Lilly-Europa (Dotation: 5.000 DM) 2000 Young Investigator Award of the ISSHP, Paris