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.

Medical Field: Pharmacy
Award: Finalist
Country: Serbia
Year: 2022

Aneta Perić

Research Work: Association between Antibiotic Use and Hospital-onset Clos-tridioides difficile Infection in University tertiary hospital in Serbia, 2011-2021: An Ecological Analysis

Published in: Antibiotics

Medical Field: Pulmonology and Allergology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2022

Christian Lang

Research Work: Clinical relevance of lung transplantation for COVID-19 ARDS: a nationwide study

Published in: European Respiratory Journal

Medical Field: Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2022

Christian Reiterer

Research Work: Perioperative supplemental oxygen and NT-proBNP concentrations after major abdominal surgery – A prospective randomized clinical trial

Published in: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Medical Field: Gynecology
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2022

Dzhamilyat Abdulkhalikova

Research Work: The Lifestyle Modifications and Endometrial Proteome Changes of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Obesity

Published in: Frontiers in Endocrinology

Medical Field: Neurology
Award: Finalist
Country: Serbia
Year: 2022

Ivo Božović

Research Work: Long-term outcome in patients with myasthenia gravis: one decade longitudinal study

Published in: Journal of Neurology

Medical Field: Gastroenterology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2022

Julian Peter Schwärzler

Research Work: PUFA-Induced Metabolic Enteritis as a Fuel for Crohn’s Disease

Published in: Gastroenterology

Medical Field: Neurology
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2022

Kaja Kolmančič

Research Work: Continuous Dopaminergic Stimulation Improves Cortical Maladaptive Changes in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease

Published in: Movement Disorders

Medical Field: Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Award: Finalist
Country: Bulgaria
Year: 2022

Liliya Vakrilova

Research Work: An outbreak of RSV infections in a neonatology clinic during the RSV-season

Published in: BMC Pediatrics

Medical Field: Gastroenterology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2022

Maria Effenberger

Research Work: Interleukin-11 drives human and mouse alcohol-related liver disease

Published in: Gut

Medical Field: Pulmonology and Allergology
Award: Finalist
Country: Croatia
Year: 2022

Marko Lucijanić

Research Work: Remdesivir use in COVID-19 patients might predispose bacteremia, matched case-control analysis

Published in: Journal of Infection

Medical Field: Ophthalmology
Award: Finalist
Country: Croatia
Year: 2022

Martina Tomić

Research Work: HDL cholesterol is a protective predictor in the development and progression of retinopathy in type 1 diabetes: a 15-year follow-up study

Published in: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Medical Field: Pharmacy
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2022

Matej Štuhec

Research Work: Clinical pharmacist interventions on potentially inappropriate medications in older primary care patients with mental disorders with polypharmacy: retrospective cohort study

Published in: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Medical Field: Rheumatology
Award: Finalist
Country: Austria
Year: 2022

Peter Mandl

Research Work: Response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease depends on immunosuppressive regimen: a matched, prospective cohort study

Published in: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Medical Field: Rheumatology
Award: Finalist
Country: Croatia
Year: 2022

Petra Šimac

Research Work: Serum catestatin levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Published in: Scientific Reports

Medical Field: Ophthalmology
Award: Finalist
Country: Serbia
Year: 2022

Sanja Petrović Pajić

Research Work: The Relative Preservation of the Central Retinal Layers in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Published in: Journal of Clinical Medicine

Medical Field: Pediatrics
Award: Finalist
Country: Bulgaria
Year: 2022

Vanya Rangelova

Research Work: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Neonates Admitted to a Tertiary Care NICU in Bulgaria

Published in: Frontiers in Pediatrics

Medical Field: Gynecology
Award: Finalist
Country: Slovenia
Year: 2022

Vid Janša

Research Work: Proteomic analysis of peritoneal fluid identified COMP and TGFBI as new candidate biomarkers for endometriosis

Published in: Scientific Reports

Medical Field: Pediatrics
Award: Finalist
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Year: 2022

Zlatan Zvizdić

Research Work: Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A retrospective cohort study from the largest tertiary care facility

Published in: Asian Journal of Surgery