Polish scientists are winners of the Dr. Bares Award in 2011

The International Committee of the Dr. Bares Award 2011 competition selected as the best scientific work in the international evaluation “Quality indicators for colonoscopy and the risk of interval cancer” by Michal F. Kaminski and his colleagues, published “The New England Journal of Medicine” in 2010. The winner receives a cash prize of EUR 10,000.

The International Committee was composed of Jan Kotrlík (CZE), Limas Kupchinskas (LTU), Yelena Zuyeva (UZB), Leszek Paradowski (POL), Aleksandar Nagorni (SRB), Jurgoš Ľubomír (SVK) and Yurii Stepanov (UKR). Its meeting was held at the PRO.MED.CS Praha a.s. headquarters in Prague on 12th November 2011. The Committee choose the best three of the 18 scientific papers nominated to international evaluation by national evaluators from eight countries.

The scientific work of Dr. Tomáš Hucl and colleagues (Hucl et al. 2010. Gastrointest Endosc 71: 4, 806–811) from the Czech Republic was awarded as the second best scientific work, and the third place belongs to Dr. Jadwiga Daniluk from Polish Lublin (Szuster-Ciesielska et al. 2009. Biochem Pharmacol 78: 3, 301–314).

All the three awards will be handed over to the competition winners at the award ceremony during the 9th International Symposium of Gastroenterology organized by PRO.MED.CS Praha a.s. in 2012.

Winning works:

• 1st place:
  Kaminski MF, Regula J, Kraszewska E, Polkowski M, Wojciechowska U, Didkowska J, Zwierko M, Rupinski M, Nowacki MP, Butruk E. Quality indicators for colonoscopy and the risk of interval cancer. N Engl J Med 2010; 362 (19): 1795–1803.

• 2nd place:
  Hucl T, Benes M, Kocik M, Krak M, Maluskova J, Kieslichova E, Oliverius M, Spicak J. A novel double-endoloop technique for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery gastric access site closure. Gastrointest Endosc 2010; 71 (4): 806–811.

• 3rd place:
  Szuster-Ciesielska A, Plewka K, Daniluk J, Kandefer-Szerszen M. Zinc supplementation attenuates ethanol- and acetaldehyde-induced liver stellate cell activation by inhibiting reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and by influencing intracellular signaling. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 78 (3): 301–314.

Renáta Denková, Competiton Coordinator