Programme Else Kröner Symposiums "Research meets Clinic meets Research"

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Research advisors

Dr Beena Punnamoottil &
Dr Janina Lange

Advisors for academic career development

Dr Monika Frenzel-Herrmann &
Nadine Brandt

Contact address

Postal address

University of Oldenburg
School V - School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118
26129 Oldenburg

Visitor address

Building V03, 3rd floor, Wing A
Ammerländer Heerstraße 138
26129 Oldenburg

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Programme Else Kröner Symposiums "Research meets Clinic meets Research"

Else Kröner Symposium: Research meets Clinic meets Research

19 June 2026

PFL Cultural Centre

Welcome and Registration

9:00 a.m.

Foyer

09:00-09:15

Workshop: How do I submit my paper to a scientific journal - …and enhance the chance of it being accepted?

09:15

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Schrader

Seminar Room 2

09:15-10:15

Workshop: Science communication – making science understandable*

10:20 a.m.

Janneke Mertens-Fabian

Dr Stephanie Lenger

Room 1

10:20–11:50

*in German

Workshop: Wishful thinking or reality – Is medical research compatible with care obligations?

09:15

Dr Beate Grünberg

Lecture hall

09:15-10:15

Workshop: Clinic meets Data: Making routine clinical and research data usable*

10:20 a.m.

Professor Antje Wulff

Prof. Dr. Astrid Petersmann

Lecture hall

10:20–11:50

*in German

Lunch break

11:50 a.m.

Foyer

11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Welcome

12:45 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Hans-Gerd Nothwang

Event hall

12:45-13:00

Opening Keynote: Through the Lens of Science and Identity: A Journey in Translational Eye Research

1:00 pm

Dr Swati Sing (Head of Ophthalmic Research Biorepository Lab, Clinician Scientist at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India)

Event hall

1:00–1:45 p.m.

Impulse: UMO's main research focuses

1:45 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Andrea Hildebrandt

Plenary Hall

1:00–1:45 p.m.

Lessons Learned of the UMO Research Focus in Translational Research

Focus 1: Hearing Research/Neurosensory Sciences

2:00 p.m.

Collaboration-Tandem: Prof. Dr. Christiane Thiel & Prof. Dr. Martin Bleichner

Lecture hall

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Focus 2:
Health Services Research

2:00 p.m.

Collaboration-Tandem: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Börner and Dr. Tim Stuckenschneider

Seminar Room 2

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Focus 3:
Clinical Research

2:00 p.m.

Collaboration-Tandems:

Prof. Dr. Anne Hilgendorff & Omid Vosoughi

Prof. Dr. Frank Griesinger

PD Dr Jessica Koschate-Storm and Dr Thea Laurentius

Jonathan Gabe and Dr Yvonne Behrens

Lecture hall

2:00–2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 pm

Foyer

2:45–3:00 p.m.

Rapid Fire Talks

3:00 p.m.

Plenary Hall

3:00–3:45 p.m.

Rapid Fire Talks

3:00 p.m.

Seminar Room 2

3:00–3:45 p.m.

Poster pitches

3:00 p.m.

Lecture hall

3:00–3:45 p.m.

Panel discussion: Status of translational research at the UMO

3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Tania Zieschang

Participants: Prof. Dr. Andrea Morgner-Miehlke, Prof. Dr. Mandy Roheger, Dr. Verena Uslar, Prof. Dr. Cyrus Khandanpour, PD Dr. Thomas Liman

Event hall

3:45–4:30 p.m.

How are basic research and clinical research interlinked in a translational sense? Where does UMO stand and where does it want to be in the near future? What needs to be tackled and what are the potential challenges?

Break

4:30 p.m.

Foyer

4:30–4:45 p.m.

Closing Keynote: "Clinician Scientist Programme at MHH: Opportunities for a medical School"*

4:45 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Annette Melk (Dean of Academic Career Development, professorship for Interdisciplinary Transplant Medicine, Hannover Medical School)

Plenary Hall

4:45 - 5.30 p.m.

*preliminary title

Hermine Heusler-Edenhuizen Award Ceremony & Farewell

5:30 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Kohse

Prof. Dr. Hans-Gerd Nothwang

Lecture hall

5:30–5:45 p.m.

Networking & Dinner

5:45 p.m.

Shared meal (food trucks and get-together)

Foyer and outside

5:45 p.m. – open end

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