Dr. Sven Gläsker of the Division of Neurology, a member of Dr. Neumanns team in Freiburg, received the Fleckenstein Award in October 2002 for his doctoral dissertation on "Hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and Von Hippel-Lindau Disease." The prize of 4000 Euros (about $4000) is sponsored by the Bayer Company and distributed by the University of Freiburg for the outstanding thesis in 2002.
As printed in the VHL Family Forum 10:4, December 2002. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. glaesker