Dr. Anna Aulinas, coordinator of the Pituitary Diseases Unit at the Hospital de Sant Pau, researcher in the Pituitary Diseases group at the Sant Pau Research Institute, and member of Unit 747 of CIBERER (Rare Diseases Research Network in Spain), has recently been distinguished on the European stage with the 2024 Rising Star Award from the European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE).
This award is granted to individuals selected by the editors of this prestigious journal for demonstrating promising potential, achievement, and trajectory in establishing themselves as clinical and translational researchers in the field of endocrinology, with high potential to serve as future editors of the EJE. The award consists of membership in the EJE Rising Star Evaluation Council for two years, a dedicated mentoring program for future editors of the journal.
Dr. Aulinas specialized in endocrinology at the Hospital de Sant Pau and later completed a two-year postdoctoral stay in the Neuroendocrinology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston (United States), obtaining a Juan Rodés contract. Currently, she works as a researcher at the Sant Pau Research Institute, in the Pituitary Diseases research group – led by Dr. Susan Webb –, and coordinates the Pituitary Diseases Unit at the Hospital de Sant Pau, a National Reference Center accredited in Pituitary Diseases and a center recognized by the European Reference Network for Rare Endocrine Diseases (EndoERN).
Dr. Aulinas has been awarded several young investigator prizes from national and international scientific societies for her research and contributions in the field of neuroendocrinology. Her work and dedication are an example of the excellence that defines the staff of the Sant Pau research institute, reinforcing its reputation as a reference center in the treatment of endocrine diseases.
