Young Investigator Awards
Twelve Young Investigator Awards, worth €1000 each, are awarded to researchers who submit abstracts (basic or clinical) to the annual European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE) and receive the highest abstract scores.
Applicants must indicate on the abstract form whether they wish to be considered for an ESE Young Investigator Award.
Successful applicants must be within 10 years post-PhD or MD and a member of ESE at the time of the Congress.
The awards are based on the achieved abstract scores, as determined by the ECE abstract review committee; the final decision is made by the ECE Programme Organising Committee.
2026 Winners
- Federica Bistolfi (Italy) Epicardial adipose tissue-derived extracellular vesicles in heart failure impair β-cell function and survival
- May Fayad (France) Role of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in the Physiology of the Adrenal Cortex and the Development of Aldosterone Producing Adenomas
- Yasmine Kemkem (UK) SOX2-positive cells in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: implications for tumour initiation and maintenance
- Caitlin MacRae (New Zealand) Manipulation of peripheral androgen signaling in the treatment of PCOS-associated metabolic dysfunction
- Maria Mirabelli (Italy) HMGA1 as a molecular link between insulin resistance and tau-driven neurodegeneration: evidence from human omics, genetics, and preclinical models
- Sandhi Nyunt (United Kingdom) Dynamic endocrine responses to kisspeptin to decode hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction in women with obesity
- Alexander Paul (Germany) Copy Number Variations Define Distinct Genetic Profiles and Predict Recurrence Risk in Cushing’s Disease
- Marc Philipp Schauer (Germany) Glucocorticoid inhibition enables mono- and bispecific CAR-T cells to overcome immunotherapeutic resistance in adrenocortical carcinoma
- Panagiota Siatra (Germany) Unravelling the Sexually Dimorphic Role of Adrenocapsular Progenitor Cells During Stress Adaptation of the Adult Adrenal Gland
- Katarzyna Siemienowicz (UK) Early pregnancy maternal progesterone supplementation alters fetal frontal cortex gene expression in male fetuses
- Hieu T N Tran (Singapore/ Vietnam) Noninvasive [11C]-Metomidate PET/CT versus Adrenal Vein Sampling for Subtyping Primary Aldosteronism: A Prospective Multi-centre Trial
- Leonie Warringa (The Netherlands)Thyroid disease during pregnancy: pre-existing disease or pregnancy-specific abnormality?