At the 27 institutes and 25 clinical centers of the university hospital Jena, the scientists and physicians work both in the fields of fundamental biomedical research and in patient-related clinical research. Therein two foci of research have grown. Concentrating on this profile but also covering the broad range of clinical research, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research is a proven instrument for promoting young researchers and internal initial funding of research groups.

In 2012, scientist at the school of medicine raised an amount of 26.5 Mio Euro of Third-party funds for research projects. They launched more than 400 new projects in 2012. For a complete review of research at the Jena Univerity Hospital see our research report.

Outstanding Publications:

• Wacker C, Prkno A, et al.: Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infectious Diseases. Published Online February 1, 2013
• Gerbershagen HJ  et al. Pain Intensity on the First Day after Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study Comparing 179 Surgical Procedures, Anesthesiology, 2013
• Nicolle Müller et al. Randomized Crossover Study to Examine the Necessity of an Injection-to-Meal Interval in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Human Insulin. Diabetes Care: Published Online January 22, 2013
• Recknagel P, Gonnert FA, et.al. Liver Dysfunction and Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase Signaling in Early Sepsis: Experimental Studies in Rodent Models of Peritonitis, PLOS Medicine, 13 Nov 2012, doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001338