Finalists & Winners

There are many exceptional clinical research achievements, accomplished by medical doctors and pharmacists in our region. With the International Medis Awards for Medical Research, we take care that those outstanding achievements do not remain unnoticed, for they contribute tremendously to the progress in diagnosis and treatment of different diseases.

We proudly present the winners the International Medis Awards 2020. You can read more about their contributions by clicking on their photos below.

Winners of the International Medis Awards for Medical Research 2020

Medical Field: Ophthalmology
Award: Winner
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Alenka Lavrič Groznik

Research Work: Choroidal structural changes in preterm children with and without retinopathy of prematurity

Published in: Acta Ophthalmologica

Medical Field: Ophthalmology
Award: Finalist
Country: Hungary
Year: 2020

Eszter Szalai

Research Work: Comparison of various IOL formulas using a new high-resolution swept-source optical coherence tomography

Published in: Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Medical Field: Gastroenterology
Award: Winner
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Georg Semmler

Research Work: Non-invasive risk stratification after HCV-eradication in patients with advanced chronic liver disease

Published in: Hepatology

Medical Field: Gynecology
Award: Winner
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2020

Igor Hudić

Research Work: Progesterone induced blocking factor (PIBF) taken in early pregnancy predicts the pregnancy outcome in women undergoing in vitro fertilization procedure

Published in: Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Medical Field: Pediatrics
Award: Winner
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Jasna Šuput Omladič

Research Work: Acute Hyperglycemia and Spatial Working Memory in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Published in: Diabetes Care

Medical Field: Neurology
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Kaja Kolmančič

Research Work: Sex Differences in Parkinson’s Disease: A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study

Published in: Movement Disorders

Medical Field: Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Marko Zdravković

Research Work: A prospective randomized controlled study of combined spinal-general anesthesia vs. general anesthesia for laparoscopic gynecological surgery: Opioid sparing properties

Published in: Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia

Medical Field: Gynecology
Award: Finalist
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2020

Martina Džoić Dominković

Research Work: Exploring Association of Breast Pain, Pregnancy, and Body Mass Index with Breast Tissue Elasticity in Healthy Women: Glandular and Fat Differences

Published in: Diagnostics

Medical Field: Pharmacy
Award: Winner
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Matej Štuhec

Research Work: Impact of clinical pharmacist’s interventions on pharmacotherapy management in elderly patients on polypharmacy with mental health problems including quality of life: A prospective non-randomized study

Published in: Scientific Reports

Medical Field: Gynecology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Michael Feichtinger

Research Work: Intrauterine Fetal Growth Delay During Late Pregnancy After Maternal Gastric Bypass Surgery

Published in: Ultraschall in der Medizin

Medical Field: Pharmacy
Award: Finalist
Country: Serbia
Year: 2020

Nenad Miljković

Research Work: Practical Implications From European Hospital Pharmacists on Prospective Risk Assessment for Medicine Shortages

Published in: Frontiers in Medicine

Medical Field: Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Award: Winner
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2020

Nermina Rizvanović

Research Work: A randomised controlled study of preoperative oral carbohydrate loading versus fasting in patients undergoing colorectal surgery

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Medical Field: Rheumatology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Philipp Bosch

Research Work: Evaluating current definitions of low disease activity in psoriatic arthritis using ultrasound

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford)

Medical Field: Pulmonology and Allergology
Award: Winner
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Robab Breyer-Kohansal

Research Work: Factors Associated with Low Lung Function in Different Age Bins in the General Population

Published in: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Medical Field: Rheumatology
Award: Winner
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Rok Ješe

Research Work: The Cut-off Values for the Intima-Media Complex Thickness Assessed by Colour Doppler Sonography in Seven Cranial and Aortic Arch Arteries

Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford)

Medical Field: Gastroenterology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Rudolf E. Stauber

Research Work: HDL-related biomarkers are robust predictors of survival in patients with chronic liver failure

Published in: Journal of Hepatology

Medical Field: Pediatrics
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Saskia B. Wortmann

Research Work: Treating neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction in glycogen storage disease type Ib with an SGLT2 inhibitor

Published in: Blood

Medical Field: Pulmonology and Allergology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2020

Sylvia Hartl

Research Work: Blood eosinophil count in the general population: typical values and potential confounders

Published in: European Respiratory Journal

Medical Field: Neurology
Award: Winner
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2020

Tomaž Rus

Research Work: Differential diagnosis of parkinsonian syndromes: a comparison of clinical and automated - metabolic brain patterns’ based approach

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Finalists & Winners

Winners of the International Medis Awards for Medical Research 2020

Georg Semmler

Igor Hudić

Nermina Rizvanović

Tomaž Rus

Alenka Lavrič Groznik

Robab Breyer-Kohansal

Jasna Šuput Omladič

Matej Štuhec

Rok Ješe

Filter Finalists & Winners

Medical Field

Award

Country

Year

Alenka Lavrič Groznik

Eszter Szalai

Georg Semmler

Igor Hudić

Jasna Šuput Omladič

Kaja Kolmančič

Marko Zdravković

Martina Džoić Dominković

Matej Štuhec

Michael Feichtinger

Nenad Miljković

Nermina Rizvanović

Philipp Bosch

Robab Breyer-Kohansal

Rok Ješe

Rudolf E. Stauber

Saskia B. Wortmann

Sylvia Hartl

Tomaž Rus