Awards 2018
Awarded by the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI) and the Swiss Academic Foundation for Education in Infectious Diseases (SAFE-ID)
The Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSI) and the Swiss Academic Foundation for Education in Infectious Diseases (SAFE-ID) awarded prizes in clinical and basic research through equal contributions by the Societies. The first prize in each category was rewarded with CHF 8’000.-, the 2nd and 3rd one with CHF 5’000.- and 2’000.- respectively.
Category “clinical research in infectious diseases”
- 1st prize Niklaus Labhardt (University of Basel) for the work „Effect of offering same-day ART vs usual health facility referral during home-based HIV testing on linkage to care and viral suppression among adults with HIV in Lesotho: The CASCADE randomized clinical trial” (JAMA)
- 2nd prize Dominique Braun (University of Zurich) for the work „High cure rates with grazoprevir/elbasvir ±ribavirin guided by genotypic resistance testing among HIV/HCV coinfected MSM” (CID)
- 3rd prize Stephan Harbarth for the work „Effect of 5-Day Nitrofurantoin vs Single-Dose Fosfomycin on Clinical Resolution of Uncomplicated Lower Urinary Tract Infection in Women” (JAMA).
Category “basic research in infectious diseases”
- 1st prize Alexandra Trkola (University of Zurich) for the work „Distinct, IgG1-driven antibody response landscapes demarcate individuals with broadly HIV-1 neutralizing activity” (JEM)
- 2nd prize Roberto F. Speck (University of Zurich) for the work „Antiviral Activity of HIV gp120-Targeting Bispecific T Cell Engager Antibody Constructs” (J Virol)
- 3rd prize Stefano Giulieri „Genomic Exploration of Sequential Clinical Isolates Reveals a Distinctive Molecular Signature of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia” (Genome Medicine).