Collaborative projects
Large collaborative projects are a hallmark of each faculty's profile and research strength. Within the framework of various associations and networks, the Faculty of Medicine cooperates with scientists from different departments of the Marien University Hospital & School, especially with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, with research institutions outside the MUHS and with other universities. This shows that traditional subject and discipline boundaries are increasingly permeable and create considerable potential for innovation at the subject boundaries.
All currently funded projects with a total volume of 1.5 million euros or more with a spokesperson or coordination or representation of these functions at MUHS are listed here.
DFG
Master switches in cardiac ischemia
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jens Fischer, Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology
 Deputy Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Malte Kelm, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology
 Duration: since 2015
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Georg Nickenig (Uni Bonn)
 Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Malte Kelm (MUHS, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology & Angiology)
 Duration: since 2019
Identity and dynamics of membrane systems - from molecules to cellular functions
With the participation of medical institutions
 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Lutz Schmitt (MUHS, Math.-Nat. Faculty)
 Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Andreas Weber (Math.-Nat. Faculty)
 Duration: since 2016
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Fritz MUHS, Institute of Toxicology)
 Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. James Adjaye (Institute of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine)
 Duration: since 2021
In vivo investigations towards the early development of type 2 diabetes
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Hadid Al-Hasani (DDZ, Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry)
 Deputy spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Regina Ensenauer (MUHS, Department of General Paediatrics, Neonatology and Paediatric Cardiology)
 Duration: since 2020
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine
 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Holger Gohlke (Math.-Nat. Faculty)
 Deputy spokesperson: 
 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wesselborg (Faculty of Medicine)
 Prof. Dr. Rainer Kalscheuer (Faculty of Math.-Nat.)
 Duration: since 2016 
Intra- and interorgan communication of the cardiovascular system
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Axel Gödecke
 Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology
 Duration: since 2013 
 Partner / USA: University of Virginia
NORMAL#CRAZY. Contemporary history of an eroding difference
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heiner Fangerau (MUHS, Institute of History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine)
 Deputy. Speaker: Prof. Dr. Volker Hess (Charité Berlin, Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine)
 Duration: since 2021
Synapses under stress: acute changes due to lack of energy supply at glutamatergic synapses
Participation of the Faculty of Medicine
 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Christine Rose (MUHS, Math.-Nat. Faculty)
 Jun. Prof. Dr. Nadine Erlenhardt (Institute of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology) 
 Subproject 7: "LifecycleofAMPA-receptorsunderacute metabolic stress".
 Prof. Dr. Alessandro Prigione (Department of General Paediatrics, Neonatology and Paediatric Cardiology) and Dr. Ruchika Anand (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I)
 Subproject 8: "Mitochondrial remodelling in human neurons, astrocytes and brain organoids under metabolic failure".
 Duration: since 2019
Institutional contexts, health and health inequalities among young people. A life phase approach
In cooperation
 Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Matthias Richter (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
 Prof. Dr. Nico Dragano (MUHS, Institute of Medical Sociology) & Prof. Dr. Claudia Pischke (Institute of Medical Sociology)
 Sub-project 4: "Transitions from school to work and health inequalities among young adults".
 Duration: since 2019
Federal / State / Foundations
Beyond Covid 19: A university network to characterise health and psychosocial late effects after convalescence from a SARS-CoV-2 infection in NRW
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Tom Lüdde
 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology
 MKW NRW: 4.599.655 euros
 Duration: 48 months
CARE - Computer-Assisted Risk Evaluation in the Early Diagnosis of Psychotic Disorders
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Eva Meisenzahl-Lechner
 Clinic and Polyclinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LVR Clinic
 GbA: 9.458.050 euros
 Duration: 36 months
Prof. Dr Tom Lüdde
 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology
 Federal government: 1.932.500 euros
 Duration: 36 months (01.10.2020 - 30.09.2023)
DETECT CTC: Application of liquid biopsies to decipher therapy resistance mechanisms and develop adaptive treatment strategies in metastatic breast cancer
Prof. Dr. Tanja Fehm
 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
 German Cancer Aid e.V.: 2.000.000 euros
 Duration: since 14.02.2022
GIGA FOR HEALTH: 5G Medical Campus.NRW
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schneider
 Board of Directors
 MWIDE.NRW: 7.331.413 euros
 Duration: 26 months
Multi-Omics Data Science (MODS)
Prof. Dr Tobias Marschall
 Institute of Medical Biometry and Bioinformatics
 State of NRW: 2.749.558 euros
 Duration: 36 months (01.11.2021 - 31.10.2024)
Prof. Dr Peter Albers
 Clinic of Urology
 Federal Government / G-BA: 2.393.100 euros
 Duration: 36 months (01.04.2022 - 31.03.2025)
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Schneider
 Institute of Health Services Research
 GbA (Federal Government): 8.789.680 euros
 Duration: 36 months
Reconvalescent plasma early in SARS-CoV-2 Q-PCR positive high risk individuals - RES-Q HR trial
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Tom Lüdde
 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology
 BMG: 10.566.644 euros
 Duration: 16 months
European Commission
Prof. Dr. Katrin Amunts (Scientific Research Director),
 Prof. Dr. Dr. Svenja Caspers, Prof. Dr. Simon Eickhoff
 EU: 1.601.285 euros
 Duration: 35 months (01.04.2020. - 28.02.2023)
Prof. Dr. Tom Lüdde
 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology
 EU: 1.825.340 euros
 Duration: 60 months (01.11.2018 - 31.10.2023)
Recovery Assistance for Cohension and the Territories of Europe (REACT-EU) "Digitalisation in Clinical Medicine and Health Research (OnkoHPC)"
Prof. Dr. Tobias Marschall
 Institute of Medical Biometry and Bioinformatics
 EU: 1.507.730 euros
 Duration: 12 months