Researchers from Matters of Activity Awarded the Max Rubner Prize 2024

On April 22nd, 2024 the Charité Foundation awarded the Max Rubner Award 2024 to four members of »Matters of Activity«, Zeynep Akbal, Moritz Queisner, Igor Sauer, and Claudia Müller-Birn, among others. Our warmest congratulations on this important award!
The researchers and their colleagues from the Experimental Surgery/Digital Surgery Lab at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin want to use the award money to advance the PERISKOP project, which focuses on reducing preoperative anxiety and uncertainties of patients in the operating theater environment. As part of a cinematic journey in virtual reality, patients will be given an understanding of the typical procedure on the day of the operation, from arriving at the clinic to anesthesia and waking up.
The »Communication Robot in the Emergency Department« project, in which Claudia Müller-Birn was involved, aims to improve communication and check-in processes for patients in the emergency department. A key element of the project is the introduction of a robot that offers support in several languages and guides the self-check-in process.

To the Press Release at IDW online
For information about the award see the website of the Stiftung Charité