This year's Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine (DAMM) has been awarded by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Debrecen to Professor Stephen W. Scherer, Head of Research at SickKids, the Hospital for Sick Children affiliated with the University Toronto. As a molecular biologist, he has achieved breakthroughs in research on autism, among other things. Professor Scherer received the award on Tuesday at a ceremony held at the University of Debrecen.
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PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scans with radioactively labeled glucose are essential in the diagnosis of patients with tumors and in the exact determination of their therapy. The first PET examination in Hungary was conducted in Debrecen in 1994. Since then, the University of Debrecen has played an important part in launching all PET testing sites in our country, either by transferring knowledge or by providing human resources.
Doctors and specialists from Slovakia recently visited the Burns Department of the Dermatology Clinic of the University of Debrecen Clinical Centre. The Hungarian and Slovakian specialists presented the latest technologies and surgical techniques they use and shared their experience and expertise in daily patient care.
The Oncoradiological Clinic of the University of Debrecen has been awarded the title Elekta Qualified Regional Training Centre. This means that, from next year, the clinic will offer theoretical and practical training programs for oncoradiology specialists from Central and Eastern Europe. The relevant cooperation agreement was signed by the representatives of our institution and those of the company Elekta on Wednesday at the University of Debrecen.