Appreciation for the immense commitment of the team at the University Hospital Ulm

At the end of her thank you tour, Minister of Science Theresia Bauer recognized the immense commitment of the team of the University Hospital Ulm during pandemic. The employees have been exposed to extremely high loads for months and do services as a whole.

At the end of your thank you tour to Theresia Bauer speak in Ulm. The minister praised the outstanding achievements in all areas - from maintenance to administration to administration to the doctor's profession - under extreme pandemic conditions over a year and a half at the University Hospital Ulm.

"For 18 months, the staff has been on every station and in every department under a special, immense permanent burden," says Theresia Bauer. "I think especially of my colleagues at the Corona stations and in the intensive care units as a whole. They take care of seriously ill Corona patients around the clock. Thank you for that," said Theresia Bauer. Prof. Dr. Udo X. Kaisers, Senior Medical Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of University Clinic Ulm (UKU) Competent, committed and flexible our employees have met the exceptional challenges of pandemic.

University and rehabilitation clinic Ulm as the location of the Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

In addition to the University Hospital Ulm, the minister also visited the University and Rehabilitation Clinic Ulm (rku) Rel = "Nofollow Noopener" Target = "_ Blank" href = "https://www.rku.de/fachgebäge/neurology" Class = "Link-External"> Neurology and orthopedic . Here she found out about the status of the takeover procedure by the UKU. As soon as the process has been completed, the university clinic will have a complete range of subjects for the first time. "With the RKU, a powerful and renowned house comes to the university clinic," says Theresia Bauer. "This applies to healthcare and research alike."

Thanks to excellent research services, Ulm has recruited to a location for the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (Dzne) . Accommodation in the RKU is planned.

In Ulm, scientists are researching serious degenerative nerve diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar density and the Huntington disease. Patient -oriented research is intended to convert scientific results from basic research into clinical use as quickly as possible and contribute to the development of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. In addition, new formats for clinical studies are created. The Ulm Dzne experts are particularly interested in biomarker, i.e. measurable biological characteristics, on the basis of which an illness recognized, the further course of which can be estimated and the effect of therapeutic measures can be assessed.

"Diseases such as or chorea Huntington are much less researched than, for example, the 'common disease' Alzheimer's. I am therefore very pleased that the internationally renowned scientists from the DZNE ULM further research these diseases and improve patient care," said Theresia Bauer.

networking by the Association for University Medical Center BW

The minister also found out about the status of the work of the new university medicine society . This closes the university clinics and medical faculties of the country closer together and, as a platform, strengthens cooperation in research, teaching and care. The focus of the association work is on how clinical studies improve and the research infrastructure can be optimized. "Due to the balance between cross -location cooperation and healthy competition among themselves, the university medicine locations of the state achieve more resilience in healthcare, better care for citizens and more innovations in large future issues such as digitization and translation," says Theresia Bauer.

comprehensive Cancer Center Ulm - Ulm Excellency in Cancer Research

under the roof of comprehensive cancer center (CCCU) All oncological experts from the University Hospital and the University of Ulm work together to provide tumor patients in the best possible way. In 2020, the CCCU was together with the Cancer Center Tübingen-Stuttgart Four new locations in the national center for tumor diseases (NCT-Südwest) selected. "This is extremely important for the strategic further development of oncology at the Ulm location, especially with regard to clinical research and other therapeutic innovations," says Theresia Bauer. The two top centers have been working successfully in clinical studies for years and when building the network of centers for personalized medicine together. In Germany, the NCT-Südwest occupies a pioneering role in the clinical transfer of new cancer medication and self-developed imaging methods. Among other things, the CCCU brings its internationally recognized expertise in molecular, personalized therapies into the NCT network.

leader in pediatric and adolescent medicine

Since March 2021, the University Hospital Ulm has been one of seven locations of the German Center for Child and Youth Health (DZKJ). The research focus "Ulm Children's Health" deals with the development of body systems that are associated with folk diseases in childhood and adolescence A healthy adult life are of fundamental importance. To this end, scientists in the top group Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine , The Medical Faculty as well as university researchers from psychology, natural sciences and computer science share their knowledge. The focus of the Ulm concept focuses on key components of child and youth health and its development: the hormone system and the metabolism, the immune system and body defense as well as mental health.

"The success in the acquisition of the NCT and the Ulm location of the DZKJ is another great evidence of excellent medical research and care in Baden-Württemberg," said Minister Bauer.