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Awards 2026

Here you can find all the details about the different awards and award winners honored at the SOHC 2026.

SOHC Opening Ceremony & Award Session

Chairs: Prof. Yves Chalandon (Geneva), Prof. Andreas Wicki (Zurich), Prof. Viviane Hess (Basel)
Wednesday, 18.11.2026 from 17h30 - 19h30, Boston 1-2

The following awards will be granted during the session:

SOHC Best Abstract Awards

  • SSH award for hemostasis, transfusion medicine, vascular, laboratory medicine, benign hematology
    Enhancing Gas6–TAM Signaling to Restore Immune Homeostasis in Sepsis
    M. Fathi, S. Çaku, R. Prince , R. Diab, R. Etzensperger, M. Tripodo, T. Knopp, B. Li, E. Introini, C. Keragala, R. Medcalf, C. Pfortmüller, R. Allam, A. Messmer, A. Angelillo-Scherrer
    Presented by: M. Fathi

  • SSMO/SSH award for clinical hemato-oncology
    Second Primary Malignancies after CAR-T-Cell Therapy: A Real-World Study from Three University Centers
     J. Lechner, I. Shafarostova, L. Kolloch, M. Maulhardt, M. Kronig, U. Bacher, G. Lenz, T. Pabst
    Presented by: J. Lechner

  • SSMO/SSH award for experimental hematology / oncology
    Tet2-Clonal Hematopoiesis Promotes Whereas Dnmt3a-CH Inhibits Breast Cancer Progression During Aging
    K. A. Zielinska, N. G. Gonullu, J. Fullin, F. Prisco, S. Boettcher, F. Caiado, M. G. Manz
    Presented by: N. G. Gonullu

  • SSMO award clinical solid tumor oncology
    Prevention of symptomatic skeletal events (SSE) with reduced denosumab (Dmab) dose density (every 12 weeks versus every 4 weeks): A randomized phase III non-inferiority trial SAKK 96/12 (REDUSE)
    R. von Moos, A. Müller, S. Hayoz, M. Mark, S. Fischer, R. Popescu, S. Rothschild, M. Fehr, C. Egger, S. Anchisi, F. Schmid, K. Zaman, C. Ackermann, H. Kugler, P. Bützberger, C. Uhlmann, M. Kueng, S. Wyss, S. Gillessen, A. Templeton
    Presented by: R. von Moos

  • Oncoreha/OPS/palliative.ch/SNIO/SOHC award for nursing, supportive & palliative care, rehabilitation & survivorship and integrative oncology
    Multimodal Nutrition and Exercise Intervention Including a Smartphone Application: Effects on Muscle Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Cancer
    L. Gafner, L. J. Storck, M. Ruehlin, E. G. Gerrits, Y. Krepp, R. Benkelmann, B. Rohrbach, C. J. Ackermann, A. Tan, M. Schmocker, P. J. Meffert, P. E. Ballmer, M. Pless, C. Britschgi
    Presented by: L. Gafner

Further Awards granted during the session:

Mach-Gaensslen Award

Winner: Prof. Solange Peters

Miescher Award

Winner: Prof. Judith Zaugg

Ellermann-Prize "Young Hematologists"

Winner to be announced

Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler Grants

Winner to be announced

Candy Heberlein Award

Winner to be announced

Lifetime Achievement Award

Prof. André Tichelli