Team
Principal Investigators & Institutions
Working groups from cardiology, bioinformatics, sports medicine, epidemiology, radiology, medical technology, pathology and law, connected through the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK).
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Project leadership
Prof. Dr. Sandy Engelhardt
Project speaker · Heidelberg University Hospital
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Wild
Co-speaker · University Medical Center Mainz
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PIs by institution
14 principal investigators in 10 departments
Heidelberg University Hospital
With the Medical Faculty Heidelberg
Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology (Internal Medicine III)
Klinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie, PneumologieDirector: Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey- Prof. Dr. Sandy EngelhardtProject speaker
Prof. Dr. Norbert Frey
Prof. Dr. Benjamin Meder
Prof. Dr. Christoph Dieterich
Department of Internal Medicine VII – Sports Medicine
Klinik für Innere Medizin VIIActing head: Prof. Dr. Birgit Friedmann-Bette
Prof. Dr. Birgit Friedmann-Bette
Institute of Pathology
Institut für PathologieDirector: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Schirmacher
Dr. med. Hendrik Wiethoff
Institute for Computational Biomedicine
Institut für Computational BiomedicineDirector: Prof. Dr. Denis Schapiro
Prof. Dr. Denis Schapiro
Dr. Jovan Tanevski
Heidelberg University
Universität Heidelberg
Chair of International Health and Medical Law and Data Protection Law
Lehrstuhl für Internationales Gesundheits- und Medizinrecht sowie Datenschutzrecht
Prof. Dr. iur. Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor
University Medical Center Mainz
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Center for Cardiology
Zentrum für KardiologieDirector: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Lurz- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philipp WildCo-speaker
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Klinik und Poliklinik für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Bäuerle
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sports Medicine
Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Abteilung Sportmedizin
Prof. Dr. Dr. Perikles Simon
Institute of Computer Science
Institut für Informatik
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kramer
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Technische Universität München
Chair of Intelligent Bio-Robotic Systems
Lehrstuhl für Intelligent Bio-Robotic Systems
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Masia
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Project Advisory Committee
8 external experts from research, clinical practice and industry
Prof. Dr. med. Michael GotthardtMax Delbrück Center, Berlin · Translational Cardiology and Functional Genomics · Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1470 (HFpEF)HFpEF, cell biology, gene regulation & RNA
Prof. Dr. Julia SchnabelDirector of the Institute of Machine Learning in Biomedical Imaging, Helmholtz Munich · Technical University of MunichMedical image processing, AI methods
Prof. Dr. Solveig VielufLMU Klinikum, Munich · Head of the Lab for AI-based TelemonitoringAI-based telemonitoring in cardiology, wearables
Prof. Dr. Dominik HeiderUniversity of Münster · Director of the Institute of Medical InformaticsBiomedical data science, AI, metagenomics & transcriptomics
Prof. Dr. Jürgen ProchaskaBoehringer Ingelheim · Global Clinical Development & Medical LeaderEpidemiology, heart failure, cardiometabolic disease
Dr. Bettina Zippel-SchultzDeutsche Stiftung für chronisch Kranke · Deputy DirectorInnovations in healthcare
Thorsten GauIBM Deutschland GmbH · IBM Consulting, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) IndustryTechnical innovations in healthcare
PD Dr. Fabian RengierNovartis · Senior Director, Clinical Imaging, Life SciencesClinical imaging
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Study teams
EXCALIBUR-HFpEF
Study coordination, patient recruitment and sports medicine teams in Heidelberg and Mainz.
EXCALIBUR-HFpEF study team →Funded by
