Folgende Arbeiten wurden mit Wissenschaftspreisen ausgezeichnet: 1. Knoflach M, Matosevic B, Rücker M, Furtner M, Mair A, Wille G, Zangerle A, Werner P, Ferrari J, Schmidauer C, Seyfang L, Kiechl S, Willeit J; For the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry Collaborators (2012): Functional recovery after ischemic stroke – A matter of age: Data from the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry. Neurology 78:279-285. Wissenschaftspreis der Österreichischen Schlaganfall-Gesellschaft 2. Matosevic B, Knoflach M, Werner P, Ruecker M, Kirchmayr M, Zangerle A, Willeit J, Kiechl S (2011): Early fibrinogen degradation coagulopathy and bleeding complications after intravenous thrombolysis for ischemic stroke (submitted). Young Investigator Award ESC 2011 3. Willeit P, Willeit J, Brandstätter A, Ehrlenbach S, Mayr A, Gasperi A, Weger S, Oberhollenzer F, Reindl M, Kronenberg F, Kiechl S (2010): Cellular aging reflected by leukocyte telomere length predicts advanced atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease risk. Arterioscl Thromb Vasc Biol 30:1649-56. Dr. Johannes Tuba-Preis für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 2010 4. Zampetaki A*, Kiechl S*, Willeit P, Mayr U, Prokopi M, Mayr A, Weger S, Oberhollenzer F, Bonora E, Shah A, Willeit J, Mayr M (2010): Plasma miRNA profiling reveals loss of endothelial miR-126 and other miRNAs in type II diabetes. Circ Res 107:810-17. * equal contribution Best manuscript award 2011 of Circulation Research (AHA) presented at the AHA congress in Orlando 2011. 5. Ferrari J*, Knoflach M*, Kiechl S, Willeit J, Schnabl S, Seyfang L, Lang W (2010): Worsening after TIA or minor stroke in patients treated in acute stroke units – results of the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry. Neurology 74:136-41. * Equal contribution Young Investigators Award ESC 2009 6. Prokopil M, Pula G, Mayr U, Devue C, Xiao Q, Boulanger C, Xu Q, Willeit J, Kiechl S, Mayr M (2009): Platelet Microparticles Transfer "Endothelial" Antigens to Mononuclear Cells in Endothelial Progenitor Cell Cultures. Blood 114:723-32. Nominated for the ATVB Irvine H. Page Young Investigator Research Award 7. Brandstätter A, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Hunt SC, Heid IM, Coassin S, Willeit J, Adams T, Illig T, Hopkins PN, Kronenberg F (2008): The gender-specific association of the putative fructose transporter SLC2A9 variants with uric acid levels is modified by BMI. Diabetes Care 31:1662-7. Wissenschaftspreis der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Humangenetik 2009 8. Zangerle A*, Kiechl S*, Spiegel M, Furtner M, Knoflach M, Werner P, Wille G, Schmidauer C, Gautsch K, Gotwald T, Felber S, Willeit J (2007): Recanalization after intravenous thrombolysis in stroke patients. Rates, predictors and prognostic significance. Neurology 68:39-44. *Equal contribution. ÖGN Posterpreis 2006 9. Schett G, Kiechl S, Redlich K, Oberhollenzer F, Weger S, Egger G, Mayr A, Jocher J, Xu Q, Pietschmann P, Teitelbaum S, Smolen J, Willeit J (2004): Serum level of soluble RANKL and risk of non-traumatic fracture. JAMA 291:1108-1113. Billroth Preis Dr. Johannes Tuba-Preis für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 2004 10. Willeit J, Kiechl S, Mayr A, Santer P, Weimer T, Wiedermann CJ, Roemisch J (2003): The Marburg I Polymorphism of factor VII activating protease: a prominent risk predictor of arterial thrombosis. Circulation 107: 667-670. Pfizer Wissenschaftspreis 2003 ICTH Innsbruck 2004 11. Knoflach M*, Kiechl S*, Kind M, Said M, Sief R, Gisinger M, van der Zee R, Gaston H, Jarosch E, Willeit J, Wick G (2003): Vascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Young Males - ARMY-Study (Atherosclerosis Risk-Factors in Male Youngsters). Circulation 108: 1064-1069. *Equal contribution. Dr. Johannes Tuba-Preis für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 12. Kiechl S, Lorenz E, Reindl M, Wiedermann CJ, Oberhollenzer F, Bonora E, Willeit J, Schwartz DA (2002): Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms and atherogenesis in humans. N Engl J Med 347: 185-192. Preis der Ärztekammer für Tirol und Vorarlberg 2002 13. Kiechl S, Egger G, Mayr M, Wiedermann CJ, Bonora E, Oberhollenzer F, Muggeo M, Xu Q, Wick G, Poewe W, Willeit J (2001): Chronic infections and the risk of carotid atherosclerosis. Prospective results from a large population study. Circulation 103: 1064-1070. Karl-Hermann-Spitzy-Preis 2001 14. Mayr M, Kiechl S, Willeit J, Wick G, Xu Q (2000): Infection, immunity, and carotid atherosclerosis: associations of antibodies to C.pneumoniae, H.pylori and cytomegalovirus with immune reactions to heat shock protein 60 and atherosclerosis. Circulation 102: 833-839. Karl-Hermann-Spitzy-Preis 2000 15. Willeit J, Kiechl S, Oberhollenzer F, Rungger G, Egger G, Bonora E, Mitterer M, Muggeo M (2000): Distinct risk profiles of early and advanced atherosclerosis. Prospective results from the Bruneck Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 20: 529537. Wissenschaftspreis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2000 16. Kronenberg F, Kronenberg MF, Kiechl S, Trenkwalder E, Santer P, Oberhollenzer F, Egger G, Utermann G, Willeit J (1999): The role of lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a) phenotype in atherogenesis: prospective results from the Bruneck Study. Circulation 100: 1154-1160. William Knoll Preis 1999 (Washington) Forschungspreis des Österreichischen Schlaganfallsfonds 2000 Wissenschaftspreis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2000 17. Mayr M, Metzler B, Kiechl S, Willeit J, Schett G, Xu Q, Wick G (1999): Endothelial cytotoxicity mediated by serum antibodies to heat shock proteins of Escherichia coli and Chlamydia pneumoniae. Immune reactions to heat shock proteins as a possible link between infection and atherosclerosis. Circulation 99: 1560-1566. Karl-Hermann-Spitzy Preis 2004 18. Kiechl S, Willeit J (1999): The natural course of atherosclerosis. Part I: incidence and progression. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 19: 1484-1490. Wissenschaftspreis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2000 19. Kiechl S, Willeit J (1999): The natural course of atherosclerosis. Part II: vascular remodeling. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 19: 1491-1498. Wissenschaftspreis der Landeshauptstadt Innsbruck 2000 20. Bonora E, Kiechl S, Willeit J, Oberhollenzer F, Egger G, Targher G, Alberiche M, Bonadonna RC, Muggeo M (1998): Prevalence of insulin resistance in metabolic disorders: the Bruneck Study. Diabetes 47: 1643-1649. Micheala Modan Memorial Award 1997 (Boston, USA) 21. Willeit J, Kiechl S, Santer P, Oberhollenzer F, Egger G, Jarosch E, Mair A (1995): Lipoprotein (a) and asymptomatic carotid artery disease. Evidence of a prominent role in the evolution of advanced carotid plaques: the Bruneck Study. Stroke 26: 1582-1587. Forschungspreis des Österreichischen Schlaganfallsfonds 1996 22. Kiechl S, Aichner F, Gerstenbrand F, Egger G, Mair A, Rungger G, Spögler F, Jarosch E, Oberhollenzer F, Willeit J (1994): Body iron stores and presence of carotid atherosclerosis. Results from the Bruneck Study. Arterioscler Thromb 14: 1625-1630. Dr. Johannes Tuba-Preis für Gerontologie und Geriatrie 1995 23. Weiss G, Willeit J, Kiechl S, Fuchs D, Jarosch E, Oberhollenzer F, Reibnegger G, Tilz GP, Gerstenbrand F, Wachter H (1994): Increased concentrations of neopterin in carotid atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 106: 263-271. Bristol-Myers Squibb Atherosklerosepreis 1995