Otto Roth Award 2020

Dr. Nele Assmann is awarded for her outstanding doctoral thesis on "Moderators of the efficacy of CBASP compared with supportive psychotherapy in patients with persistent depressive disorder - a multicenter randomized controlled trial".

The Otto Roth Award is the Medical Faculty`s annual award for an outstanding doctoral thesis donated by the Society of the University`s Alumni with an amount of 2.500 Euros.
It is named after Professor Otto Roth (1863-1944), the University`s first specialized surgeon. He became head of the Clinic of Surgery in Luebeck`s General Hospital (1897-1933) and collaborated with Heinrich Dräger (1847-1917) for the development of the world world-famous Dräger-Roth anaesthetic apparatus, allowing the thrive of modern anaesthesiology.