04.02.2026
Congratulations! Prof. Christoph Lange awarded the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize
Prof. Christoph Lange, Medical Director of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, has been awarded the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize by the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation. The prize, worth €50,000, is one of the most highly endowed medical prizes in Germany.
Press release from the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation dated January 26, 2026, on the awarding of the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize
The Berlin-based Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation, a civil law foundation, promotes science and research in various fields of medicine. As part of a special funding initiative, the foundation awards the Oskar Medical Prize annually. This medical prize is intended to recognize outstanding scientific achievements in 2025 and to support the continuation of research in the field of internal medicine/pneumology dealing with infections of the lungs and pleura.
On the recommendation of the jury, the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize will be awarded to Prof. Christoph Lange, MD, PhD, Medical Director of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, and Professor of Respiratory Medicine & International Health at the University of Lübeck, for his outstanding, groundbreaking scientific and clinical work on tuberculosis.
The official award ceremony and tribute to the winner will take place in cooperation with the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP) on March 20, 2026, as part of the DGP Congress in Munich. The award will be presented by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kuhla. The laudatory speech will be given by the Secretary General of the German Central Committee for the Fight against Tuberculosis (DZK), Prof. Dr. Torsten Bauer.
Kontakt
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Christoph Lange
DZIF TTU TB (ClinTB)
T +49 4537 / 188-3010 (Sekretariat)
F +49 4537 / 188-6030
clange@fz-borstel.de
About the award winner Prof. Christoph Lange, MD, Dr. h.c.
Christoph Lange is a pulmonologist and one of the world's leading experts on lung diseases and infectious medicine. His research focuses on the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis, particularly multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). He is Medical Director of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, and Professor of Respiratory Medicine & International Health at the University of Lübeck.
He is also head of the Clinical Tuberculosis Infrastructure (ClinTB) at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and one of the clinical leaders of the EU IMI project UNITE4TB, a multinational platform for clinical trials evaluating novel drugs against tuberculosis. Christoph Lange is also the founding chair of the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (www.tbnet.eu) and currently serves as director and secretary general of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (https://theunion.org/).
About the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation
The Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation in Berlin promotes science and research in the field of medicine, particularly orthopedics, pulmonology, the treatment of abdominal diseases, and orthopedic technology. To this end, the foundation supports research projects and other charitable health-promoting initiatives, awards scholarships, and presents the annual Oskar Medical Prize and Helene Medal. The foundation was established in 1966, but its roots date back to 1905, when industrialist Oskar Pintsch, together with his wife Helene Pintsch and Dr. Konrad Biesalski, founded an association whose goal was to heal, educate, and monitor young people with health disabilities.
Until 2000, the foundation was the sponsor of the renowned Oskar-Helene-Heim orthopedic hospital and, following a merger, was the sponsor of the Emil von Behring Central Clinic in southwest Berlin from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation and HELIOS Kliniken GmbH founded HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring GmbH as a joint venture within the framework of a strategic partnership.
Further information:
- Website Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation
- Research Group Clinical Infectious Diseases