Patrick Eggenberger receives Theodor Naegeli Prize 2019
Patrick Eggenberger completed his doctorate at ETH Zurich in 2018 with his dissertation "Interactive Cognitive-Motor Training in Older Adults - The Extra Boost for Cognitive Performance and Brain Function?" This will now be awarded the Theodor Naegeli Prize 2019. Congratulations!
The dissertation was written under the supervision of Eling de Bruin, a private lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology. Patrick Eggenberger is currently working at Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) in St. Gallen in the team of René Rossi and Simon Annaheim. He is also a lecturer at ETH Zurich and the University of Applied Sciences Southern Switzerland.
The Theodor Naegeli Foundation honors Patrick Eggenberger's dissertation:
"With his dissertation Interactive Cognitive-Motor Training in Older Adults - The Extra Boost for Cognitive Performance and Brain Function? under the direction of Prof. Dr. Eling de Bruin (D-HEST ETH Zurich and Karolinska Institute Stockholm), Eggenberger provided relevant scientific data in the field of gerontology for combined multi-component training programs for elderly people (motor-physical activity as well as simultaneous cognitive training) to reduce the frequency of falls by 77% and to help older people to get used to the new technology.The extensive dissertation presented by Eggenberger, which is also published in four publications, provides relevant findings for the better design of the everyday life of older adults in a complex environment (city) as well as for the development of fitness programmes for this target group."
The Theodor Naegeli Prize 2019 is endowed with a total of CHF 120,000. It goes in equal parts to Patrick Eggenberger and Dr. med. Thomas Nürenberg, Bad Krozingen.
Theodor Naegeli Foundation
The Theodor Naegeli Foundation aims to promote medical research in the fields of Thrombo-Embolism and Gerontology. Every three years, an international prize is awarded for the best experimental or clinical work. The foundation was established by will of Theodor Naegeli, former professor and director of the Surgical University Hospital Tübingen, who died in Basel in 1971.
The foundation is managed by:
- Dr. Felix López, Basel, President
- Martin Wicki, Seltisberg, Secretary
Collegium for the award of the Theodor Naegeli Prize 2019:
- Prof. Dr. med. Ingo B. Autenrieth, Tübingen, Dean of the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tübingen
- Prof. Dr. med. Markus Furrer, Chur, President of the Swiss Society of Surgery
- Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Schmitz-Rixen, Frankfurt am Main, President of the German Society of Surgery
- Dr. Christof Kull, Liestal, Permanent Medical Member