Award Recipients 2020

Mar Hernández, PhD
Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
Project: Nanotechnology albumin-based approach for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
Project: Nanotechnology albumin-based approach for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Hafid Ait-Oufella, MD, PhD
Division of Intensive Care Medicine
St-Antoine Hospital
Paris, France
St-Antoine Hospital
Paris, France
Project: Impact of albumin infusion on tissue perfusion in septic shock patients. A prospective pathophysiological study
Award Recipients 2019

Michele Umbrello, MD
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Ospedale San Paolo – Polo Universitario, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo
Milan, Italy
Project: Effect of volume EXpansion witH ALbumin vs. crystalloid on EIT-derived expiratory lung impedance in critically ill, hemodynamically unstable patients. A single-blind, randomized and controlled study (the EXHALE study)
Ospedale San Paolo – Polo Universitario, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo
Milan, Italy
Project: Effect of volume EXpansion witH ALbumin vs. crystalloid on EIT-derived expiratory lung impedance in critically ill, hemodynamically unstable patients. A single-blind, randomized and controlled study (the EXHALE study)

Aurora Pujol, MD, PhD
Neurometabolic Diseases Laboratory
Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute IDIBELL- Hospital Duran i Reynals
Barcelona, Spain
Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute IDIBELL- Hospital Duran i Reynals
Barcelona, Spain
Project: Human albumin in plasma exchange as a novel approach for adrenoleukodystrophy
Award Recipients 2018
Paolo Caraceni, MD
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Project: Long‐term albumin administration in patients with decompensated cirrhosis: clinical and pathophysiological implications
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Project: Long‐term albumin administration in patients with decompensated cirrhosis: clinical and pathophysiological implications
Hanadi Sleiman, PhD
Department of Chemistry
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Project: Albumin as a passive targeting agent: effect of the protein binding on stability, bio distribution and therapeutic outcome of oligonucleotides and DNA nanoparticles
Award Recipients 2017

Anna ROIG, PhD
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Project: Albumin-iron oxide nanocages
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Project: Albumin-iron oxide nanocages

Karl OETTL, PhD
Institute of Physiological Chemistry
Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria
Project: Effect of albumin redox state on the intracellular redox balance in cell culture
Award Recipients 2016
Joan CLÀRIA, Bsc, PhD
Hospital Clínic
Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Project: Effects of native (reduced) and oxidized albumin forms on human leukocyte function
Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Project: Effects of native (reduced) and oxidized albumin forms on human leukocyte function
Rudolf E. STAUBER, MD
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria
Project: Effect of albumin infusion on oxidative albumin modification and albumin binding capacity
Award Recipients 2015
Pietro CAIRONI, MD
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Project: Albumin administration as a therapeutic approach to attenuate sepsis-induced glycocalyx disruption in human septic shock
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Project: Albumin administration as a therapeutic approach to attenuate sepsis-induced glycocalyx disruption in human septic shock
James RUSSELL, MD
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Principal Investigator
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Project: Is heparin-binding protein a mechanism of Albumin's efficacy in human septic shock?