The Robert-Sommer Award 2025 goes to
Iris Sommer (Groningen, Netherlands)
for his outstanding research in the field of schizophrenia.
From left to right: Sir Robin Murray, Prof. Iris Sommer, Prof. Christoph Mulert
The Robert Sommer Research Society considered five young scientists for the Early Career Award for their highly promising contributions to Schizophrenia Research.
Silvia Ciampelli (Groningen, Netherlands)
Léon Franzen (Lübeck, Germany)
Moritz Haaf (Hamburg, Germany)
Maja Neidhardt (Berlin, Germany)
Mishal Qubad (Frankfurt, Germany)
From left to right: Moritz Haaf, Léon Franzen, Maja Neidhardt, Mishal Qubad, Greetje Huisman (on behalf of Silvia Ciampelli), and Prof. Christoph Mulert
Silvia Ciampelli
The Robert Sommer Research Society considered
Prof. Dr. Oliver Howes (King's College London, England)
for the Translational Science Award for his outstanding translational research contributions to Schizophrenia Research.
From left to right: Prof. Christoph Mulert, Prof. Oliver Howes
The Robert Sommer Research Society considered
Prof. Dr. Jari Tiihonen (Clinical Psychiatry at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
for the Clinical Science Award for his important contributions in the field of prevention, care and rehabilitation of mental disorders.
From left to right: Prof. Christoph Mulert, Prof. Jari Tiihonen, Prof. Stefan Borgwardt
The GISS Poster Awards for 2025 went to
Hannah Remmel (Gießen, Germany)
Anastasia Pavlidou (Bern, Switzerland)
From left to right: Hannah Remmel, Prof. Bianca van Kemenade, Franciska de Beer, Anastasia Pavlidou
| Stefan Borgwardt (Lübeck, Germany) | Philipp Mitteröcker (Vienna, Austria) |
| Jürgen Gallinat (Hamburg, Germany) | Christoph Mulert (Gießen, Germany) |
| Oliver Gruber (Heidelberg, Germany) | Sir Robin Murray (London, UK) |
| Georg Juckel (Bochum, Germany) | Christian Plewnia (Tübingen, Germany) |
| Tilo Kircher (Marburg, Germany) | Martha Shenton (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) |
| Nikolaos Koutsouleris (Munich, Germany) | Dominik Strzelecki (Łódź, Poland) |
| David Lewis (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) | Peter Uhlhaas (Berlin, Germany) |
| Gregor Leicht (Hamburg, Germany) | Daniel Weinberger (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) |
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The Robert-Sommer Award 2023 goes to
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg (Mannheim, Germany)
for his outstanding research in the field of schizophrenia.
The Early Career Award Committee & the Robert Sommer Research Society considered five young scientists for the Early Career Award for their highly promising contributions to Schizophrenia Research.
Franciska de Beer, Groningen
Sofia Eickhoff, Lübeck
Cecilie Lemvigh, Copenhagen
Philipp Riedel, Dresden
Frederike Stein, Marburg
from left to right: Sofia Eickhoff, Philipp Riedel, Frederike Stein, Cecilie Lemvigh, Prof. Christoph Mulert
During the GISS meeting individuals advancing schizophrenia research have been honored.
The Translational Science Award Committee & the Robert Sommer Research Society considered
Prof. Dr. Dominique Endres
for the Translational Science Award for his outstanding translational research contributions to Schizophrenia Research (head of the award committee: Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai).
The Clinical Science Award Committee & the Robert Sommer Research Society considered
Prof. Dr. Christoph Correll
for the Clinical Science Award for his important contributions in the field of prevention, care and rehabilitation of mental disorders (head of the award committee: Prof. Dr. Silvana Galderisi).