The University Children's Hospital Zurich and the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation are awarding the Thomas and Doris Ammann Prize to Stefan Pfister, director of the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), department head at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), a professor at the Heidelberg Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, and a pediatric oncologist at the Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD), with the Thomas and Doris Ammann Award. With this award, they recognize his pioneering contributions to the research and development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods for pediatric brain tumors. The award, worth 200,000 Swiss francs, was presented to Stefan Pfister on March 12, 2026, at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich.

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