Affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Tübingen, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany

Professor Meinrad Gawaz is the Medical Director of the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at University Hospital Tuebingen. Professor Gawaz underwent clinical training at the University of Munich, Cambridge and Stanford. He did his postdoctoral training at the University of Munich, the University of Louisville (USA), and the Scripps Research Institute (USA). Professor Gawaz has received several prestigious awards/prizes, including the Alexander Schmidt Award of the Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis Research and the Paul-Morawitz-Award of the German Society of Cardiology. Professor Gawaz has an outstanding record of high-performance research, including publication in leading international journals (Nat Comm, Nat Med, J Clin Invest, Blood, Eur Heart J, Nat Rev Cardiol etc.). Professor Gawaz’s research is focused on the molecular pathways underlying platelet-dependent pathomechanisms in organ failure and regeneration in the context of major diseases. Prof. Gawaz led several research collaborations (Clinical Research Consortium KFO274, Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 240, etc.), resulting in senior author high-impact publications.