THE VIRCHOW FOUNDATON
KAI WEGNER
GOVERNING MAYOR OF BERLIN
THE VIRCHOW PRIZE CEREMONY 2025
Festaal Rotes Rathaus Berlin & Livestream
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | 17:00 CET
PROGRAMME
Master of Ceremony
Dr. Miriam Orcutt
Member of the Board of Trustees, Virchow Foundation
Former Executive Director, The Lancet Migration
WELCOME NOTES
Kai Wegner
Governing Mayor of Berlin
High Parton of the Virchow Foundation
Nina Warken
Federal Minister of Health
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
FESTIVE MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Berlin Philharmonic Brass Quintet
LAUDATION | VIRCHOW PRIZE LAUREATES 2025
“Celebrating pioneering, lifelong leadership in advancing maternal, newborn and child health equity”, delivered by
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director, UNAIDS
Dr. Sania Nishtar
CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
PRESENTATION OF THE VIRCHOW PRIZE 2025
INTERVIEW WITH THE VIRCHOW PRIZE LAUREATES 2025
By the Master of Ceremony
CLOSING REMARKS
Prof. Dr. Ole Petter Ottersen
Chair, Virchow Prize Committee
Former President, Karolinska Institutet
Roland Göhde
Co-Founder & CEO, Virchow Foundation
Prof. Dr. Detlev Ganten
Co-Founder & Member of the Board of Trustees, Virchow Foundation
Carsten Schicker
CEO, World Health Summit
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christoph Markschies
Co-Founder & President, Virchow Foundation
RECEPTION
Säulensaal, Rotes Rathaus Berlin
The Virchow Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous support for the Virchow Prize 2025: The Senate of Berlin, Bayer Foundation, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, BAO Stiftung, Göhde Foundation, as well as from the ‘Friends of the Virchow Foundation‘ and other anonymous benefactors.