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Every year, ESCMID members are celebrated with grants and awards. Here, you can read more about some of the awardees below.

ESCMID is, to me, the backbone of international clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Gunnar Kahlmeter
ECCMID 2023 Excellence Award

This award has increased my motivation to keep doing research.

Jacob Bodilsen
ECCMID Young Investigator Award 2023

I believe that everyone should find their true passion.

Belén Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez
ESCMID Young Investigator Awards 2023

Awardees

2025

  Jan Verhoef

Jan Verhoef

Zeist, The Netherlands

2024

  Evelina Tacconelli

Evelina Tacconelli

EUCIC Chairperson
University of Verona
Verona, Italy

2025

  Arturo Casadevall

Arturo Casadevall

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
New York, United States

2025

  Marion Koopmans

Marion Koopmans

Erasmus Medical Centre
Rotterdam, Netherlands

2025

  Anthony Bai

Anthony Bai

Queen’s University
Kingston, Canada
  Xin Hui Chan

Xin Hui Chan

University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
  Simon Feys

Simon Feys

University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
  Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris

Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris

Cantonal Hospital of Sion and Lausanne University Hospital
Switzerland

2024

  Nathan Brendish

Nathan Brendish

Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom
  Pieter De Cock

Pieter De Cock

Ghent University
Belgium
  Henning Grüll

Henning Grüll

University Hospital Cologne
Germany
  Rasmus Leistner

Rasmus Leistner

Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany

2025

  Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses

Ikechukwu Benjamin Moses

Ebonyi State University
Abakaliki, Nigeria

2024

  Ira Praharaj

Ira Praharaj

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
India

2025

  Laura Jung

Laura Jung

Leipzig University Medical Center
Germany

2024

  Akshatha Ravindra

Akshatha Ravindra

AIIMS Jodhpur
India
  Marija Kusulja

Marija Kusulja

University Hospital for Infectious Diseases Zagreb
Croatia

2024

  Bieke Tack

Bieke Tack

KU Leuven University
Belgium

Applicant name

Applicant Origin

Project title

Ana Luísa Abrantes de Matos

Coimbra, Portugal

Diving into Rickettsia's Immune-Evasion Arsenal: Unveiling the Moonlighting Role of the Retropepsin APRc

Michael Savin-Hoffmeyer

Bonn, Germany

Clinical Wastewater as a Surveillance Tool: A Study on Cefiderocol-Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Dissemination via Transformation

Rita Pombinho

Porto, Portugal

Single-cell spatiotemporal analysis of Listeria monocytogenes virulence gene expression during infection

Eliza Gil

London, United Kingdom

Deciphering the determinants of virulence in Streptococcus intermedius

Kaitlin Winter

Vancouver, Canada

Addressing antimicrobial resistance through a Klebsiella pneumoniae vaccine

Rachel Clifton

Loughborough, United Kingdom

The role of interspecies bacterial interactions in ovine footrot

Zaynab Mousavian

Stockholm, Sweden

Biomarker discovery in Tuberculosis using high-throughput protein profiling and systems biology

Sacha Sarfati

Paris, France

Impact of the gut microbiota on Listeria monocytogenes intestinal carriage

Johanna Strobl

Vienna, Austria

Tick saliva facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi transmission to human skin - a role for tolerogenic Langerhans cells?

Carl Boodman

Winnipeg, Canada

Investigating Bartonella quintana as a neglected infection among individuals experiencing poverty using active case finding, novel sampling techniques and bacterial sequencing

Palmira Barreira-Silva

Porto, Portugal

Characterization of the AHR-responsive cellular profile during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Julia García Fernández

Madrid, Spain

Unveiling the Interplay of Mutagenesis, Metabolism, and Competence in Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

Shakeel Mowlaboccus

Perth, Australia

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Transiently Silent Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

Frédéric Goormaghtigh

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium

Interrogating the transcriptional histories of antibiotic-persistent S. aureus in macrophages using a molecular recorder

Liliana Oliveira

Porto, Portugal

CD5L as a new therapy for bacterial sepsis

Carolina Silva Nodari

Paris, France

Evaluation of the potential use of intimin and flagellar antigen types as molecular markers for the diversity of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) populations

Victor Næstholt Dahl

Risskov, Denmark

Tuberculosis 2.0: The clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolation in Denmark

Anne Kathrin Lösslein

Freiburg, Germany

The role of stromal cells in mycobacterial infections

Thomas Kesteman

Hanoi, Viet Nam

Adapting MSF’s Mini-Lab to the local context to provide access to remote hospitals in Vietnam

Inês Loureiro

Porto, Portugal

Bioengineered Photobacterium OMVs as a platform for producing multivalent fish vaccines

Ana Fernández Bravo

Reus, Spain

The genus Aeromonas as a model of polymicrobial infections: impact on pathogenesis, host immune response and the antimicrobial therapy.

Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir

Geneve, Switzerland

How to measure the association between appropriateness of antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes of patients with drug-resistant bloodstream infections

Roberto Vázquez

Ghent, Belgium

Development of phage-inspired coupled diagnostics and targeted antibacterials against streptococci

Damian Lobato-Marquez

Madrid, Spain

Identifying bacterial factors that subvert cell-autonomous immunity to promote infection

Emily Stevens

Oxford, United Kingdom

Investigating the role of host microbiota in the transition of Staphylococcus aureus from benign commensal to major human pathogen

Consuelo Micheli

Braga, Portugal

Unveiling tuberculosis susceptibility: the key role of alveolar macrophages

Sue Chin Nang

Clayton, Australia

Advancing Personalised Bacteriophage Therapy with “One-stop” Digital PCR Integrated Cell-free Platform

Marta Silva

Porto, Portugal

Tuberculosis hide and seek: lessons from M. tuberculosis L4 and L6 mixed infections

Anne-Lise Beaumont

Clichy, France

Plasmid-mediated vertical transmission of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a bicentric mother-neonate cohort (Madagascar and Cambodia)

Elsa Feredj

Créteil, France

Understanding susceptibility to tuberculosis through the identification and functional characterization of novel genetic etiologies

Anna Griego

Milan, Italy

Unraveling the intricate dance: TLR2 Signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Alina Karoline Nussbaumer-Pröll

Wien, Österreich, Austria

Investigating the Genotypic and Phenotypic Properties of ATCC-29213 Quality Control Strain in Ten European Laboratories

Elif Eren

Istanbul, Türkiye

Identification of A New Host Protein-Hijacking Mechanism Used by Salmonella Typhimurium

Sónia Almeida

Oeiras, Portugal

CAPSMi – Characterization of the diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae-like capsules expressed by other streptococci and impact on pneumococcal diagnosis and epidemiology

Filippo Vascon

Padova (PD), Italy

Nanobodies blocking Shiga toxin production in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Eva Gato

Madrid, Spain

Preclinical development of plasmid DNA-based vaccine against intestinal colonization caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Eleni Vergadi

Heraklion, Greece

Unravelling the role of antibacterial autophagy in the host defense response to Group B Streptococcus

Sabine Wagner-Lichtenegger

Graz, Austria

Improving Nanopore Sequencing based core genome MLST for global infection control

Applicant name

Stung Groups

Project Title

Michael Beeton

ESGMAC, ESGEM, ESGMD

Developing a novel method for assessing global genetic diversity and molecular surveillance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae during its re-emergence after the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Applicant name

SG

Project Title

Joana Azeredo

ESGB

Minimum information guidelines and standards to assess the susceptibility of biofilms to therapeutic bacteriophages

Angela Novais

ESGEM, ESGMD

Development and Validation of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy for rapid typing of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli and infection control

Guido Werner

ESGMD, ESGARS

Assessing Prevalence, Population structure and resistance mechanisms of Linezolid-resistant Enterococci – a multicenter study 2023 (APPLE 2023)

Linda Veloo

ESGAI

Mapping Horizontal Gene Transfer, within a clinical specimen, between anaerobes and/or aerobes

Sue Nang

ESGNTA

Exploring the Intricacies of Phage-Antibiotic Therapy through Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modelling and Systems Biology

Jannie Henderickx

ESGHAMI

The archaeal community of the gut microbiota in Parkinson’s Disease

Antonio Rivero-Juarez

ESGVH

Current aetiology of prosthetic joint infections (CAPJI)

Applicant Name

Country

Abdoul Aziz Amadou Bawa, Aminatou

Senegal

Abdullahi Salman, Abdulmalik

Nigeria

Abou Daher, Chasinga

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Acheampong, Anabel

Ghana

Adhikari, Aayush

Nepal

Akililu, Kibrewossen

Ethiopia

Ali, Sofia

Sudan

Angra, Vani

India

Ansong, Dhaud odei

Morocco

Appiah, Pious

Ghana

Badie, Asmaa

Egypt

Baharanyi, Chasinga

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Bordoloi, Tamanna

India

Chiome, Chrispen

Zimbabwe

Eguale, Tadesse

Ethiopia

El Ftouh, Sobha

Morocco

El Meski, Nour

Lebanon

Elkasaby, Mohamed Hamouda

Egypt

El-Kholy, Mohammed A.

Egypt

Gadelmawla, Maha

Egypt

Handapangoda, Nelum

Sri Lanka

Hasivirwe Vakaniaki, Emmanuel

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Hema, Alimatou

Burkina Faso

Ihezie, Rose Chimezie

Nigeria

Jaidane, Nadia

Tunisia

Kabir, Md Shafiul

Bangladesh

Kalasa, Hope

Zambia

Kameni, Mary Ngongang

Cameroon

Kamusiime, Daisy

Uganda

Khan, Sohail

Pakistan

Khanom, Jannat Ara

Bangladesh

Koffi, David

Ivory Coast

Kubai, Edna

Kenya

Kumar, Sanjay

Pakistan

Mademilov, Maamed

Kyrgyzstan

Mamo, Biniyam Tedla

Ethiopia

Mirxoshimov, Mirbobir

Uzbekistan

Mujuni, Dennis

Uganda

Mwangi, Jemimmah

Kenya

Nguyen, Trang, Vietnam

 

Odetoyin, Babatunde

Nigeria

Onwuasoanya, Uche

Nigeria

Pinlac, Vienne

Philippines

Rao, Richa

India

Rathnayake, Nipun

Sri Lanka

Rouissi, Hana

Tunisia

San Diego, Micaela

Philippines

Saraf, Himanshu

India

Sayari, Sarra

Tunisia

Shaikh, Quratulain

Pakistan

Sharma, Deepanjli

India

Shelke, Akshay

India

Singano, Nathan

Zambia

Terry Anderson, Ongaria

Uganda

Thapa, Sandeep

Nepal

Trigui, Ahmed

Tunisia

Tsayem fouemene, Roméo

Cameroon

Vu, Thu-Trang

Vietnam

Wesangula, Evelyn Nelima

Tanzania

Zeeshan, Faiza

Pakistan

   
   

Applicant Name

Country

Abdellaoui, Chaima

United Kingdom

Acosta-España, Jaime David

Germany

Afeera Zainulabid, Ummu

Malaysia

Agüloğlu-Bali̇, Elif

Turkey

Aldeia, Claudia

Switzerland

Almeida-Santos, Ana C.

Portugal

Alva, Amelia Lopez

Peru

Arca-Suárez, Jorge

Spain

Baez-Barroso, Gabriela-Alejandra

Spain

Baltas, Ioannis

United Kingdom

Barnacle, James R.

United Kingdom

Bennett, Vicky

United Kingdom

Blake, Neil

United States

Blanco-Arevalo, Alejandro

Spain

Blanco-Martín, Tania

Spain

Bozdeveci, Arif

Turkey

Braspenning, Anouk

Belgium

Brunner, Viktoria

United Kingdom

Caponcello, Maria Giulia

Spain

Caronni, Stefania

Italy

Chakraborty, Anwesha

India

Chen, Carmen

Switzerland

Chow, Jo Yi

Singapore

Cipolla, Lucía

Argentina

Cooke, Amy

United Kingdom

Corti, Nicolò

Italy

Daffa Imtiyaz, Farras

France

Degreze, Matthieu

France

Delanote, Valentine

Belgium

Di Pilato, Vincenzo

Italy

Doeleman, Susanne

Netherlands

Dudareva, Maria

United Kingdom

Echegorry, Mariano

Argentina

Eger, Elias

Germany

Ellis, Samuel

United Kingdom

Fama, Federico

Italy

Franconi, Iacopo

Italy

Fuhs, Dominika

Australia

Garlasco, Jacopo

Italy

Geethakumari, Anupriya M.

Qatar

Goelen, Jan

United Kingdom

Goladze, Sophia

Finland

Granata, Guido

Italy

Gupta, Saptorshi

New Zealand

Haas, Allison

United States

Hall, Victoria G.

Australia

Hammond, Robbie

United Kingdom

Hang Lee, Alfred Lok

Hong-Kong SAR, China

Hannaford, Alisse

United States

Hayward, Sally E.

United Kingdom

Herrera-Espejo, Soraya

Spain

Hirvonen, Aurora

Italy

Hughes, Gareth

United Kingdom

Jadhav, Krishna

India

Jamard, Simon

France

Jamus, Andzoa

United States

Jansåker, Filip

Sweden

Kamboj, Nidhi

India

Kantor, Jakub

Czech Republic

Kim, Chaelin

United Kingdom

Krajcar, Nina

Croatia

Le Terrier, Christophe

Switzerland

Le Turnier, Paul

French Guiana

Letafati, Arash

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Lin, Xi

China

Ling, Zhuoren

United Kingdom

Lingscheid, Tilman

Germany

Lipworth, Samuel

United Kingdom

Liu, Yang

Singapore

Lopes, Bruno Silvester

United Kingdom

López De Egea, Guillem

Spain

Lopez-Alvarez, Marina

United States

Lopez, Maria

Spain

Lorenzin, Giovanni

Italy

Lotfi, Maryam

Egypt

Luo, Qixia

China

Lymperatou, Diamantina

Greece

Macphail, Aleece

Australia

Mahajan, Akanksha

Australia

Maldonado, Natalia

Spain

Marino, Andrea

Italy

Martin, Alexander

United Kingdom

Martínez-Álvarez, Sandra A.

Spain

Mathias, Jordan A. T.

United Kingdom

Mcloughlin, Jessica

United Kingdom

Mei-Wah Chan, Linda

Hong-Kong SAR, China

Meijer, Eelco

Netherlands

Miah, Roni

Norway

Mishra Baishnab, Shyam Kumar

Australia

Molina Panadero, Irene

Spain

Monge-Olivares, Laura

Spain

Moore, Andrew

United States

Murillo-Torres, Marina

Spain

Nagy, Dorottya

United Kingdom

Nguyen, Thomas

United States

Olie, Sabine E.

Netherlands

Ong, Sean

Canada

Pan, Daniel

United Kingdom

Park, Kuenyoul

Korea, Republic of

Pauwels, Ines

Belgium

Petri, Francesco

Italy

Piccirilli, Alessandra

Italy

Pordone, Nicola

France

Praharaj, Ira

India

Prieto Martín Gil, Sonia

Spain

Rai, Gargi

India

Rando, Emanuele

Italy

Rasouli, Paria

Belgium

Rauschenberger, Vera

Germany

Reimer Jensen, Anne Marie

Denmark

Roch, Mélanie

Switzerland

Rodríguez Coello, Arianna

Spain

Rodriguez, Killian

France

Rosendal, Ebba

Portugal

Ruether, Ferenc Darius

Germany

Ruiz-Molina, Ana

Spain

Rzaska, Julia

United Kingdom

Salto-Alejandre, Sonsoles

Spain

Sánchez-Peña, Lucía

Spain

Schwabe, Anna

Germany

Sewell, Max

United Kingdom

Shankar, Chaitra

United States

Shukla, Ashish

India

Singhal, Chaitali

India

Sintondji, Kevin

Benin

Song, Baolin

Hong-Kong SAR, China

Sosa, Elisa

Switzerland

Sprute, Rosanne

Germany

Doeleman, Susanne

Netherlands

Tarrés-Freixas, Ferran

Spain

Tasdurmazli, Semra

Turkey

Taylor, Steven

Australia

Valcek, Adam

Belgium

Van Kleef-Van Koeveringe, Stefanie

Belgium

Vashist, Tanvi

India

Vatansever, Cansel

Turkey

Verhagen, Eline

Netherlands

Volk, Cecilia

United States

Wei, Jia

United Kingdom

Westgeest, Annette C.

Netherlands

Xanthopoulou, Kyriaki

Germany

Xu, Justin

United Kingdom

Yetiş, Özge

United Kingdom

Yuan, Kevin

United Kingdom

Zahavi, Itay

Israel

Zhao, Jinxin

Australia

Zhao, Yixin

United Kingdom

Zhong, Yang

Singapore

Applicant Name

Country

Zaman Farzana

Bangladesh

Joyee Jannatul Bushra

Bangladesh

Makpemikpa Ginette

Benin

Dlamini Andiswa

Eswatini

Ngozo Bongiwe Elizabeth

Eswatini

Zwane Sifundo

Eswatini

Eshun Vida

Ghana

Insaidoo Georgina Naa Ayele

Ghana

Barahona Eimy

Honduras

Varghese Tintu

India

Pani Shreya

India

Jain Juhi

India

Naik Vaishnavi Vishram

India

Kanagiri Tejasvi

India

Sarikonda Meghana

India

Shahada Mevin

Kenya

Mashedi Olga

Kenya

Ahaik Islam

Morocco

Iheukwumere Chidiogo

Nigeria

Osaigbovo Iriagbonse

Nigeria

Asghar Sidrah

Pakistan

Ikhlaq Fakhra

Pakistan

Buenafe Barbara Cariza

Philippines

Raju Rosy

India

Dela Cruz Christine

Philippines

Tangpuz Jofen ann

Philippines

Rahumath Sibra

Sri Lanka

Liyanapathirana Veranja

Sri Lanka

Paththamperuma Paththamperuma Arachchige Sachika Rangani

United Kingdom

Chelbi Yasmine

Tunisia

Ben Moussa Mouna Louiza

Tunisia

Ekusai-Sebatta Deborah

Uganda

Ekwem Amarachi Doris

Uganda

Ha Le Thanh

Vietnam

Nguyen Mong Hoai Thu

Vietnam

Lakanwall Mohammad Naeem

Afghanistan

Ghosh Asish Kumar

Bangladesh

Sumon Shariful Amin

Bangladesh

Nassa Guétawendé Job Wilfried

Burkina Faso

Si Seyha

Cambodia

Chheun Phally

Cambodia

Fru Magdany

Cambodia

Mthembu Melusi Welcome

Eswatini

Birmeka Jelalu Kemal

Ethiopia

Bulto Mikiyas

Ethiopia

Okot Patrick

Gambia

Harley Benjamin Kingsley

Ghana

Amponsah Obed Kwabena Offe

Ghana

Kocher Deepak

India

Mohapatra Atish

India

Dwivedi Ved Prakash

India

Yahya Ebrahim Zaawari Abdullah

India

Mutisya Fredrick

Kenya

Ngere Ndege

Kenya

Maduna Liteboho

Lesotho

Limwado George Dalitso

Malawi

Bhandari Saugat

Nepal

Chaudhary Pankaj

Nepal

Adedeji Roqeeb Olamide

Nigeria

Ndubueze Chidiebere

Nigeria

Syed Muhammad Asif

Pakistan

Ali Kashif

Pakistan

Labaclado Ralph John Gil

Philippines

Ahamed Aadhil

Sri Lanka

Manyahi Joel

Tanzania

Kyagulanyi Eddy

Uganda

Kaweesa Daniel

Uganda

Urinov Eldor

Uzbekistan

Nguyen Van-Dong

Vietnam

Pham Dang Hai

Vietnam

Salem Salma

Egypt

Heikal Ashraf

Egypt