european network for the study of adrenal tumors

ENS@T Awards

The ENS@T awards are bestowed every year to the Best Scientific Works in the field of adrenal tumours that have been accepted for publication in the preceding calendar year, for the Best Oral Presentations and for the Best Poster Presentations at the yearly ENS@T meetings. Please see below for actual award applications possibilities and for a list of past award winners.

Scientific Awards 2025: placeholder ONLY!

This year the applications are open for the ENSAT scientific awards corresponding to the four established working groups of ENS@T: ACC, APA, NAPACA and PPGL.

For the ENSAT scientific awards there are for each working group 2 awards, one for a clinical paper and one for a basic science paper (so 8 in total), endowed with each 1000 €

Applicants are asked to provide:

1 - a short cover letter (250 words max) in which the candidate is stating for which of the four main categories (ACC, APA, NAPACA and PPGL) and if for the clinical or basic science award she or he is applying and elaborates what her/his paper brings new to the field

2 - a CV (max one page)

3 - a signed statement by the applicant(s) that all the other co-authors have been informed and agreed with the authors’ application

4 - published/accepted (in this case please include acceptance letter) scientific manuscript (original research, NO RVIEWS) no older then one year old considering from last years' deadline for submission (so between September 19th 2023 and September 15th 2024)

all together AS A SINGLE PDF file to ensatweb@gmail.com

The rules for submission are:

- Applicants have to be active members of ENSAT (associated or full members with their membership paid up to date)

- Applicants can apply for only one award per year

- Research has to be carried out primarily in Europe. The scientific work has to be accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal prior to submission. Publication should not have taken place longer than one year before application date (see above). Only original research publications (NO reviews) are allowed.

- Applicants should be within 15 years of receipt of their doctoral title (PhD or MD) at the time of application. PhD or MD students are also eligible and encouraged to apply. No more than two applicants are allowed per paper. Collaborators (e.g. co-authors of a manuscript) not applying for the award must have provided the applicants with their consent before the application (see above).

Submission are open until September 15th at midnight.

The winners will be divulged and the prize certificates will be handed over during a special session of the 2024 ENSAT Meeting in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (so the candidates have to be present at the meeting to receive the award).

We are looking forward to your applications!

In addition to the ENSAT scientific awards for the best publication in the field there will be further awards on site:

-Poster awards: poster sessions with 1 prize/session

-Oral communications prizes will also be handed out on site.

The ENSAT Executive Committee

Scientific Awards 2024

ENSAT Scientific Awards

Bruno Allolio Scientific Awards for ACC research

Francesca Cioppi & Giulia Cantini, Florence, Italy, with the paper: "Targeted Next Generation Sequencing molecular profiling and its clinical application in adrenocortical cancer" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae077

Laura-Sophie Landwehr, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Expression and Prognostic Relevance of PD-1, PD-L1, and CTLA-4 Immune Checkpoints in Adrenocortical Carcinoma" DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae109

ENSAT Scientific Awards for APA research

Anna Hirsch, Berlin, Germany, with the paper: "NTpro-BNP levels in patients with primary hyperaldosteronism and autonomous cortisol co-secretion" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae119

ENSAT Scientific Awards for NAPACA research

Mirko Parasiliti-Caprino, Torino, Italy, with the paper: "Increased cardiometabolic risk and prevalence of ascending aorta dilation in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentaloma: a retrospective propensity score-matched study" DOI: 10.1038/s41440-024-01807-3
Barbara Altieri, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptome reveal adrenal homeostasis in normal and tumoural adrenal glands" DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1798

ENSAT Scientific Awards for PPGL research

Joanne Marieke de Laat, Nijmegen, Netherlands, with the paper: "PRAP Study: Partial versus Radical Adrenalectomy in Hereditary Pheochromocytomas" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae108
Milton E. Salazar-Hidalgo, Madrid, Spain, with the paper: "MAML3-fusions modulate Vascular and Immune Tumour Microenvironment and Confer High Metastatic Risk in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma" DOI:10.1016/j.beem.2024.101931

ENSAT Meeting Awards

Best oral communications

ACC session: Marc Philipp Schauer, Würzburg, Germany

APA session: Sheerazed Boulkroun, Paris, France

NAPACA session: Onnicha Suntornlohanakul, Birmingham, UK

PPGL session: Ester Arroba, Madrid, Spain

Best posters

ACC session: Sara Rodella, Brescia, Italy

APA session: Nicolo Faedda, Paris, France

NAPACA session: Lorenzo Tucci/Kimberly Coscia, Bologna, Italy

PPGL session: Gintare Zygiene, Dresden, Germany

Scientific Awards 2023

ENSAT Scientific Awards

Bruno Allolio Scientific Awards for ACC research

Otilia Kimpel, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Efficacy and safety of radiation therapy in advanced adrenocortical carcinoma" DOI:10.1038/s41416-022-02082-0

James John Wilmouth Jr & Julie Olabe, Clermont-Ferrand, France, with the paper: "Sexually dimorphic activation of innate antitumor immunity prevents adrenocortical carcinoma development" DOI:10.1126/sciadv.add0422

ENSAT Scientific Awards for APA research

Parminder Singh Reel & Smarti Reel, Dundee, UK, with the paper: "Machine learning for classification of hypertension subtypes using multi-omics: a multi-centre, retrospective, data-driven study" DOI:10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104276
Xilin Wu & Emily Goodchild, London, UK, with the paper: "[11C]metomidate PET-CT versus adrenal vein sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: a prospective, within-patient trial" DOI:10.1038/s41591-022-02114-5

ENSAT Scientific Awards for NAPACA research

Masanori Murakami, Munich, Germany, with the paper: "In situ metabolomics of cortisol-producing adenomas" DOI:10.1093/clinchem/hvac191
Guido Zavatta, Bologna, Italy, with the paper: "Mild autonomous cortisol secretion in adrenal incidentalomas and risk of fragility fractures: a large cross-sectional study" DOI:10.1093/ejendo/lvad038

ENSAT Scientific Awards for PPGL research

Bruna Calsina, Elena Pineiro & Angel Martinez-Montes, Madrid, Spain, with the paper: "Genomic and immune landscape of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma" DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-36769-6
Christina Pamporaki, Dresden, Germany, with the paper: "Prediction of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a machine learning modelling study using data from a cross-sectional cohort" DOI:10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00094-8