We are delighted to announce the following recipients of the EYES Observership Programmes 2025 grants, and we congratulate them all.
EYES Clinical Observership Programme (C.O.P.)
- Karel David (Belgium), Institut Cochin, Paris, France. Mentor: Professor Jérôme Bertherat.
- Elizabeth Nowak (Germany), SEMPR, University of Cuitiba, Brazil. Mentor: Professor Cesar Boguszewski.
- Magdalena Zgliczynska (Poland), University of Turin, Department of Medical Sciences Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Gender Incongruence, Andrology and Endocrinological Gynecology, Turin, Italy. Mentor: Professor Ezio Ghigo with Dr Giovanna Motta.
Plus self-funded awardees: Omneya Abdelkarem (Egypt), Sabri Engin Altintop (Turkey), Patricia-Maria Anton (Romania), Chrysanthi Balodimou (Greece), Eirini Biliou (Greece), Stefano Boni (Italy), Patrick Brito (Brazil), Ketevan Chanturishvili (Georgia), Kyle Cilia (Malta), Giulia Cordenos (Italy), Leonardo Dalla Valentina (Italy), Mirjana Dukic (Croatia), Sabine Upmale-Engela (Latvia), Prethivan Pillai Gopalakrishnan (United Kingdom), Naciye Guduk Sirvan (Turkey), Zvezdana Jemuovic (Serbia), Artemis Kyriakidou (Greece), Tinatin Kutchukhidze (Georgia), Diana-Simina Luca (Romania), Francesca Mangini (Italy), Tiberiu Manole (Romania), Marta Marino (Italy), Elena Diana Martiniuc (Romania), Carolina Monteiro Antunes (Portugal), Marinescu Baleanu Maria Cristina (Romania), Teodora Nastasa (Romania), Alfredo Pinheiro Neto (Brazil), Simina Plesca (Romania), Michela Sibilla (Italy), Vasiliki Venetsanaki (Greece), Radulescu Vlad (Romania), Carmen Zurera (Spain).
EYES Research Observership Programme (R.O.P.)
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Iulia Burcea (Romania), Centre for Pituitary Gland Development and Pituitary Stem Cell Research, King’s College, London, UK. Mentor: Research Associate Dr Cynthia Andoniadou.
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Ozge Telci Cakili (Turkey), Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Mentor: Professor Beuschlein Felix.
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Cem Sulu (Turkey), Centre for Endocrinology at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. Mentor: Professor Márta Korbonits.
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Nuria Sánchez de la Blanca Carrero (Spain), Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon university, Endocrinology Department, Reference Centre for Rare Pituitary Diseases, Lyon, France. Mentors: Professor Gerald Raverot and Professor Phillipe Bertolino.
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Samet Alkan (Turkey), Centre for Endocrine Tumors Leiden (CETL), Centre for Pituitary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. Mentor: Professor Nienke Biermasz.
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Ozge Özer (Turkey), Center of Special Interest for Obesity and Metabolic Diseases (CIBO), Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy. Mentor: Assistant Professor Giovanna Muscogiuri.
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Valentino Marino Picciola (Italy), University of Movement Science (IUSM), Rome, Italy. Mentor: Assistant Professor Migliaccio Silvia.
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Belma Ozlem Tural Balsak (Turkey), Unit of Endocrinology - Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. Mentor: Professor Manuela Simoni.
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Zeliha Yarar (Turkey), Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University Hospital Würzburg, Germany. Mentor: Professor Martin Fassnacht.
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Plus self-funded awardees: Gökhan Baykal (Turkey), Raluca Bocai (Romania), Serife Ezgi Dogan (Turkey), Lucía Iglesias García (Argentina), Zvezdana Jemuovic (Serbia) and Derya Yaman Kalender (Turkey).
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EYES Advanced Research Observership Programme (A.R.O.P.)
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Rosa Catalano (Italy), Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the University Hospital Würzburg, Germany. Mentor: Professor Martin Fassnacht.
Applications for the 2026 EYES Observership programmes will open later this year.
22/06/2025