My research activity extends from the laboratory bench (the neuroprotective effects of therapeutic hypothermia on global cerebral ischemia; the effectiveness of various cooling methods; influence of new resuscitation methods on the neurologic function and survival in pigs) through to clinical trials (study coordinator of the HACA trial, local PI for various studies on cooling devices in patients after cardiac arrest, hypothermia for treatment of myocardial infarction) and I am currently responsible for all clinical research activities of the department of emergency medicine in hypothermia research.