The LEO Foundation Award 2009 – Silver Award

Grantee: Dr. Ilkka Helanterä

Amount: DKK 500,000

Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards

Year: 2009

Geography: Finland

Presented to promising young Finnish physician and scientist Ilkka Helanterä who, at age 31, has already contributed significantly to the field of transplantation nephrology, both in the laboratory and the clinic.

Following his dissertation in 2006, Dr. Helanterä continued his research at the Helsinki University Hospital nephrology clinic, where he published several clinically relevant studies focusing on viral infections after transplantation and the pathogenesis of chronic allograft nephropathy. Dr. Helanterä will undoubtedly be a significant contributor in the international nephrology field in the future.