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Institute for Biomedicine - CHRIS acknowledgements
CHRIS acknowledgements
The CHRIS study is a collaboration between Eurac Research Institute for Biomedicine and the Health System of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol. We thank all people involved in the study, both past and present. (Bioresource Impact Factor Code: BRIF6107)
All 13,393 CHRIS Study participants
Vinschgau/Val Venosta Government and Community Groups
- Georg Altstätter (2010-2020)
- Karl Bernhart (2015-2020)
- Helmut Fischer (2014-2020)
- Alois Frank (2015-2020)
- Roselinde Gunsch Koch (2015-2020)
- Heinrich Noggler (2010-2020)
- Dieter Pinggera (2010-2020)
- Karl Josef Rainer (2010-2020)
- Andreas Tappeiner (2010-2020)
- Gustav Tappeiner (2010-2020)
- Peter Paul Trafoier (2015-2020)
- Hartwig Tschenett (2010-2020)
- Ulrich Veith (2010-2020)
- Erwin Wegmann (2010-2015)
- Kark Weiss (2010-2014)
Mayors of 13 municipalities participating in CHRIS
- Andreas Tappeiner (2010-2020)
- Dieter Pinggera (2021-2024)
- Roselinde Gunsch Koch (2024-)
District Community Presidents
- Günther Andergassen (Verband der Sportvereine Südtirols)
- Josef Bernhart (Katholischer Verband der Werktätigen)
- Rita Auer Egger (Südtiroler Wirtschaftsring)
- Heinrich Fliri (Katholischer Verband der Werktätigen)
- Albert Platter (Alpenverein Südtirol)
- Josef Platter (Verband der Sportvereine Südtirols)
- Martin Punter (Landesrettungsverein Weisses Kreuz)
- Thomas Raffeiner (Landesrettungsverein Weisses Kreuz)
Community Association Representatives
SABES/ASDAA Personnel
Healthcare System of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol
(Südtiroler Sanitätsbetrieb/Azienda Sanitaria dell'Alto Adige)
- Andreas Fabi (2010-2014)
- Thomas Schael (2014-2018)
- Florian Zerzer (2018-2023)
- Irene Pechlaner (2023-2024)
- Christian Kofler (2024-)
General Directors
- Oswald Mayr (2007-2016)
- Thomas Josef Lanthaler (2017-2019)
- Pierpaolo Bertoli (2019-2021)
- Josef Widmann (2021-)
Healthcare Directors
- Anton Theiner (2011-2018)
- Robert Rainer (2018-)
Schlanders/Silandro Hospital General Directors and Personnel
All Schlanders/Silandro Hospital staff involved in setting up and supporting the study.
- Francesco Benedicenti
- Oreste Pieramico
- Helmuth Weiss
- Florian Wöhs
- Stefan Haumer
- Christof Schmelzer
- Stefano Barolo
Clinicians
CHRIS Study Clinicians
- Monika Alber
- Andrea D'Angella
- Flora Gnech
- Gabi Platzer
- Stefan Platzgummer
- Mirija Svaldi
Meran/Merano and Bozen/Bolzano Hospital Laboratory Medicine Departments
All personnel of the laboratory medicine departments of the Hospitals of Meran/Merano and Bozen/Bolzano for their coordination of the biochemical laboratory and fundamental support with biosample analysis, in particular:
- Max Andres
- Giovanni Braglia
- Giuseppe Camiletti
- Rocco Cicerello
- Erich Dona’
- Michele Fambri
- Antonio Gallicchio
- Hansjörg Gluderer
- Josef Heinisch
- Christian Hofer
- Georg V. Hofer
- Natalia Ivannikova
- Silvia de Souza Janaina
- Robert Kaserer
- Alexis Kodo
- Raffaele Lendi
- Ugo Marcadent
- Markus Messner
- Berthold Moser
- Anton Pizzecco
- Josef Plangger
- Helmut Rauner
- Paul Rechenmacher
- Luigi Rubino
- Joachim Ruepp
- Samuele Rundeddu
- Monica Scherer
- Bettina Skocir
- Josef Stocker
- Raffaela Stocker
- Oswald Tappeiner
- Elena Terekhova
- Alberto Tomelleri
- Pamela Visani
- Stefan Waldner
- Stephan Wolf
- Hryhorii Zhurenko
General Practitioners from the Vinschgau/Val Venosta District
And all General Practitioners from outside of Vinschgau/Val Venosta the district treating CHRIS Study participants.
Eurac Research personnel
- Karin Bystrianska
- Claudia Calenzani
- Elena Cannavò
- Brunhilde M. Grasser
- Roselinde Gunsch
- Marilena Koch
- Benedikta Linter
- Lea E. Moriggl
- Tamara Oberhofer
- Liane Parth
- Susanne Saewert
- Renate Telser
Schlanders/Silandro CHRIS study team
- Simona Amistadi
- Ilaria Bozzolan
- Giulia Caprioli
- Cosimo Delli Carpini
- Carmela Corrado
- Monica Ferrari
- Selene Fornaca
- Alessandro De Grandi
- Lisa Longaretti
- Flavio Matassoni
- Yadira Nelson
- Marlene Obkircher
- Antonio E. Scavo
- Stefanie Wieser
- Chiara Zanot
Biobank team - Institute for Biomedicine
- Chiara Cantaloni
- Anne Picard
- Diana Anna Riekschnitz
- Christine Schwienbacher
- Claudia Volpato
Laboratory team - Institute for Biomedicine
- Emanuela Giovanna Calabi
- Larissa de Clauser
- Daniele Di Domizio
- Clemens Egger
- Yuri D’Elia
- Melanie M. Guzzinati
- Gabriele Lucci
- Johannes Martin
- Alessandro Mattivi
- Austin Palanca
- Daniel S. Schmitt
IT team - Institute for Biomedicine
- Roberta Biasiotto
- Stefan Festini Cucco
- Maria Gnadl
- Deborah Mascalzoni
- Ciara Staunton
- Katharina Tschigg
Biomedical Ethics and Policy team - Institute for Biomedicine
- Vera Amon
- Annalisa Boscaro
- Elena Cannavò
- Claudia Ciavarelli
- Laura Eccel
- Marika Fregnan
- Gloria Grandi
- Lisa Kofink
- Vanessa Leitner
- Doriana Leo
- Irene Lunger
- Ilaria Pagano
- Christian Rottensteiner
- Silvia Steinmayer
- Andrea Vieider
Administrative team - Institute for Biomedicine
- Fabian Baumgartner
- Massimiliano Pellegrini
Legal Office - Institute for Biomedicine
- Francisco S. Domingues
- Christian Fuchsberger
- Cristian Pattaro
- Peter P. Pramstaller
CHRIS Study Principal Investigators - Institute for Biomedicine
- Rebecca Lundin
CHRIS Study Coordinator - Institute for Biomedicine
- Francisco S. Domingues
- Maurizio Facheris
- Christian Fuchsberger
- Martin Gögele
- Andrew A. Hicks
- Barbara Linder
- Roberto Melotti
- Cosetta Minelli
- Cristian Pattaro
- Peter P. Pramstaller
- Thorsten Schäfer
- Stefano Zanigni
CHRIS study design, protocol definition - Institute for Biomedicine
- Hagen Blankenburg
- Elena Cannavò
- Lea Glaubig
Data and Sample Access Committee coordination - Institute for Biomedicine
- Laura Barin
- Hagen Blankenburg
- Emanuela Giovanna Calabi
- Giulia Caprioli
- Clemens Egger
- David Emmert
- Luisa Foco
- Martin Gögele
- Alessandro De Grandi
- Essi Hantikainen
- Eva König
- Rebecca Lundin
- Jonathan Mitchell
- Federico Murgia
- Johannes Rainer
- Sigurður V. Smárason
CHRIS data management - Institute for Biomedicine
- Lara Bertolli (Legal Office)
- Ulrike Blaas (Legal Office)
- Annelie Bortolotti (Communications)
- Roberta Bottarin (Vice Director)
- Laura Defranceschi (Communications)
- Maurizio Gretter (Operations)
- Sigrid Hechensteiner (Communications)
- Thomas Iacopino (Communications)
- Chiara Mariz (Communications)
- Matthias Mühlberger (Communications)
- Elena Munari (Communications)
- Stephan Ortner (Director)
- Martin Palma (Communications)
- Hanna Pfattner (Legal Office)
- Roland Psenner (President)
- Deborah Tomissich (Human Resources)
- Andreas Wiedmer (Operations)
Eurac Research personnel contributing to the CHRIS study
External contributors to the CHRIS study
- Ettore Beghi (Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research)
- Hermann Brugger (Eurac Research Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine)
- Maria B. Donati (Neuromed Mediterranean Neurological Institute IRCCS)
- Arno Gasperi (Bruneck Hospital)
- Edmund Gurschler (Vinschgau/Val Venosta District Community)
- Wolfgang Lieb (Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel)
- Christine Meisinger (Augsburg University)
- Barbara Parodi (IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST)
CHRIS Scientific Advisory Board and Evaluation Committee (active 2011-2017)
- Emanuele di Angelantonio (University of Cambridge, Human Technopole)
- Niko Beerenwinkel (ETH Zurich)
- Michael Boehnke (University of Michigan)
- Pascal Borry (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Harry Campbell (University of Edinburgh)
- Elisabetta Cerbai (University of Florence)
- Markku Laakso (University of Eastern Finland)
- Manuel Mayr (Imperial College London)
- Richard H. Myers (Boston University)
- Maria Grazia Spillantini (University of Cambridge)
- Alan Wright (University of Edinburgh)
Eurac Research Institute for Biomedicine Advisory Board (2018-present)
The Eurac Research Institute for Biomedicine Advisory Board has served as the CHRIS Scientific Advisory Board and Evaluation Committee since 2018.
- Daniela Berg (University of Tübingen)
- Arne Pfeufer (Helmholz Center Munich)
- Georg Schmidt (Technical University of Munich)
- H. Erich Wichmann (Helmholz Center Munich)
External collaborators on protocol development
- Ettore Favaretto (Hospital of Brixen/Bressanone)
- Marcella Rietschel (University of Mannheim)
- Fabian Streit (University of Mannheim)
- Jana Strohmaier (University of Mannheim)
- Stephanie Witt (University of Mannheim)
- Joachim Heinrich (Helmholtz Munich)
- Roberto de Marco (University of Verona)
- Vanessa Garcia-Larsen (Imperial College London)
- Philipp Hüllemann (University of Kiel)
- Ruth Ruscheweyh (University of Munich)
- Markus Loeffler (Leipzig University)
- Franziska G. Rauscher (Leipzig University)
- Markus Scholz (Leipzig University)
- Philip Gehrman (University of Pennsylvania)
- Antonio Triani (SABES/ASDAA)
- Christian Dejaco (SABES/ASDAA)
- Domenico Girelli (University of Verona)
- Chiara Mozzini (University of Verona)
Development and implementation of specific measures
Psychiatric Assessment
ECRHS Smoking Questionnaire
GA2LEN FFQ
Pain sensitivity analysis
Eye examinations
Activity tracker data collection
Spirometry
Rheumatology phenotypes
Cardiovascular assessment
- Stefan Herms (University of Bonn)
- Per Hoffmann (University of Bonn)
- Markus Nöthen (University of Bonn)
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