Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Medicina will be granting the Travel Award to two junior scientists. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Medicina Editorial Board.

This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of clinical and experimental investigations to be held in 2024, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2024 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winners (two awardees) will each be awarded CHF 800 and a certificate.

Please submit your applications for the Medicina 2024 Travel Award online by 20 December 2023. Prizes will be awarded on 30 April 2024 and announced on the Medicina website.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Medicina is inviting applications for the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
– The PhD thesis must be their original work;
– The PhD thesis must be defended in 2023.

Required Application Documents:
– An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
– A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
– The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
– An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
– A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria:
– Quality of resume and publications;
– Relevance of the candidate and research description;
– Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
– Strength of the recommendation letter;
– Anticipated academic potential;
– Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes:
– Bonus (CHF 500);
– Certificate;
– Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Medicina after peer review before the end of 2024.

The application deadline is February 2024. The winner will be announced on the Medicina website by the end of April 2024.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously offer their time to review the papers submitted to Medicina by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Medicina.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All of the reviewers for Medicina in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection Criteria:
– Number of review reports;
– The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?
There will be four winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced in March 2024 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Medicina, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link:
https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Medicina 2023 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Medicina from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the Journal Award Committee led by Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Medicina from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Prizes:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Medicina in 2024 after peer review;
– One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Medicina in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in December 2023.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Medicina is now inviting nominations for the Medicina 2023 Young Investigator Award. This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of medicine. All nominations will be assessed by an Award Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevicius.

The Prizes:
– CHF 2000;
– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Medicina after peer review before the end of 31 December 2024;
– An electronic certificate.

Eligibility and Requirements for Candidates:
– Must have received their PhD no more than 10 years prior to 31 December 2023;
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of medical;
– Must be nominated by senior scientists.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
Open for nomination: 1 March 2023;
Nomination deadline: 1 October 2023;
Winner announcement: 20 December 2023.

How to Submit Nominations?
Nominations must be submitted online.

Contact
Ms. Rebecca Lian
Marketing Specialist
Email: [email protected]

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Medicina 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Medicina Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Medicina. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Jamir Pitton Rissardo
Medicine Department, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
Research Interests: movement disorders; epilepsy; stroke

Dr. Ahmed M. Kabel
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Research Interests: pharmacology; clinical pharmacy

Dr. Milena Ilic
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia
Research Interests: infection; epidemiologic studies; epidemiology; epidemiological analysis; epidemiological statistics; clinical epidemiology; observational studies; statistical analysis; logistic regression; meta-analysis

Dr. Luca Macchiarola
IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy
Research Interests: anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; ligaments; knee; surgery

The Prize for Each Winner:
– CHF 500;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Medicina in 2023 after peer review;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Medicina, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Medicina 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. This award is for a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential.

The award has been granted to:

“A model for managing the variability of care processes – A quality improvement method for introducing Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) within an orthopaedic elective care clinical microsystem” By Thomas Wainwright, Bournemouth University, UK.

The winner will receive CHF 1000, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Medicina before 30 April 2024.

On behalf of the evaluation committee, I congratulate the winner on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the applicants for submitting their exceptional theses, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius
Editor-in-Chief, Medicina

Dear Colleagues,

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Medicina 2022 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, two winners were selected.

Article:

Non-COVID Diseases during the Pandemic: Where Have All Other Emergencies Gone?
By Authors: Veronica Ojetti, Marcello Covino, Mattia Brigida, Carmine Petruzziello, Angela Saviano, Alessio Migneco, Marcello Candelli and Francesco Franceschi
Medicina 2020, 56(10), 512; doi:10.3390/medicina56100512

Review:

Nutritional Status and the Influence of the Vegan Diet on the Gut Microbiota and Human Health
By Authors: Hercules Sakkas, Petros Bozidis, Christos Touzios, Damianos Kolios, Georgia Athanasiou, Eirini Athanasopoulou, Ioanna Gerou and Constantina Gartzonika
Medicina 2020, 56(2), 88; doi:10.3390/medicina56020088

Please join us in congratulating the winners of Medicina 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Medicina.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Medicina 2022 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias.

Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias is a researcher at the University of Huelva. Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias’s research interests are in occupational health and safety, healthcare systems, and public health. Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias received his PhD in 2021 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 29 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. He is clearly a rising star in the field of public health. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Dr. Juan Jesús García-Iglesias will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2023 in Medicina after peer review, and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all of the nominators from various fields of study for their participation in addition to all of the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Kind regards,
Medicina Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Medicina, I am pleased to announce the winners of the “Medicina 2021 Best Paper Award”. The awards have been granted to:

One review:

Tumor Microenvironment
By: Borros Arneth
Medicina 2020, 56(1), 15 DOI: 10.3390/medicina56010015
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56010015

One research article:

Comparative Epidemiology and Resistance Trends of Common Urinary Pathogens in a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A 10-Year Surveillance Study
By: Márió Gajdács, Marianna Ábrók, Andrea Lázár, and Katalin Burián
Medicina 2019, 55(7), 356 DOI: 10.3390/medicina55070356
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55070356

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 1500 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Medicina in 2022.

On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups of the aforementioned papers for their contributions to the journal and the Award Committee for their efforts in the evaluation process.

Kind regards,
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius, Medicina

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Medicina, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Medicina 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. This prize was aimed to be granted to a Ph.D. student who is about to graduate or participate in the graduation thesis.

The award has been granted to:

“Chosen Aspects of Modern Perioperative Care in Patients Operated for Morbid Obesity”, by Piotr Małczak, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland.

The winner will receive CHF 1000, a certificate and a chance to publish a paper in Medicina in 2022.

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional thesis for their contributions to Medicina, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Edgaras Stankevičius
Editor-in-Chief, Medicina

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Medicina 2021 Young Investigator Award are Dr. Veeru Kasivisvanathan and Dr. Andrea Cortegiani.

The 2021 Medicina Young Investigator Award is firstly granted to Dr. Veeru Kasivisvanathan, an Academic Urologist at University College London, UK, whose research focuses on prostate cancer. His work, which supports prostate MRI as an upfront diagnostic test in men with suspected prostate cancer, has contributed to the first main change in the way that we diagnose the disease for 30 years. His remarkable career achievements have led to major advancement in the field of medicine.

The 2021 Medicina Young Investigator Award is also granted to Dr. Andrea Cortegiani, Assistant Professor at the Department of Surgical Oncological and Oral Science at the University of Palermo, Italy, and anesthesiologist at the Department of Anesthesia Intensive Care and Emergency at the University Hospital Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy. Dr. Cortegiani has demonstrated strong expertise in research methodology and has produced significant advances in the fields of infections and sepsis in critically ill patients, noninvasive respiratory support and ethics in publishing.

The award consists of 2000 Swiss Francs and a waiver of the 1500 Swiss Francs article processing fee for a manuscript accepted for publication in Medicina.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Medicina 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2018 in Medicina were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor-in-Chief, will receive the award.

1. Characterization and Comparison of Nutritional Intake between Preparatory and Competitive Phase of Highly Trained Athletes

Authors: Catarina L. Nunes, Catarina N. Matias, Diana A. Santos, José P. Morgado, Cristina P. Monteiro, Mónica Sousa, Cláudia S. Minderico, Paulo M. Rocha, Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Luís B. Sardinha and Analiza M. Silva 
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina54030041

Grant: The award consists of 800 CHF and one free publication before 31 December 2020, after the normal peer-review procedure.

2. Current Research on the Safety of Pyrethroids Used as Insecticides

Authors: Agnieszka Chrustek, Iga Hołyńska-Iwan, Inga Dziembowska, Joanna Bogusiewicz, Marcin Wróblewski, Anna Cwynar and Dorota Olszewska-Słonina 
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina54040061

Grant: The award consists of 800 CHF and one free publication before 31 December 2020, after the normal peer-review procedure.

We believe the above papers represent valuable contributions to Medicina and the scientific literature. We warmly congratulate the winners.