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Here is an AI generated translation of the text: Dr. Nico Bast receives the Hermann Emminghaus Award 2024
The psychotherapist and head of the Clinical Research Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (KJP) at the University Medical Center Frankfurt, Dr. Nico Bast, has been awarded the prestigious Hermann Emminghaus Award 2024 by the German Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (DGKJP).
The award, presented at the DGKJP Congress on September 20, 2024, in Rostock, recognizes outstanding work by young scientists in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry and is endowed with 10,000 euros. The 37-year-old Dr. Bast received the award for his innovative research on “Quantification of Pathomechanisms using unobtrusive sensors,” which aims to improve early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD. His work focuses on identifying a mechanism (LC-NE) that can explain behavioral phenomena in autism and ADHD. Particularly noteworthy is the development of a promising biomarker that can be measured using pupillometry in clinical practice and is expected to enable the prevention of comorbid mental disorders in the long term.
Dr. Bast’s research, which will be funded in the future by the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG), has the potential to sustainably influence the developmental trajectories of children with mental disorders. The jury of the Hermann Emminghaus Award emphasized in their laudation the innovative thinking and research approaches of Dr. Bast and particularly praised the practical application of the findings in clinical practice: “In his research, Dr. Bast seeks biomarkers that explain interactions between disposition and environment and are simultaneously easy to measure, so that they can be practically applicable in everyday life in the medium term,” the statement said.
The Hermann Emminghaus Award Due to the high quality of the applications, the jury decided to share the Hermann Emminghaus Award this year. In addition to Dr. Bast, PD Dr. Kerstin Paschke, a specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, was also honored.
The Hermann Emminghaus Award is presented every two years by the DGKJP and recognizes the efforts of young researchers for significant advances in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. The award’s namesake, Hermann Emminghaus, was a German pioneer in child and adolescent psychiatric research in the 19th century.
Image: Dr. Nico Bast (right) at the presentation of the Hermann Emminghaus Award 2024 in Rostock.
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