The ISID-LEO Foundation Award 2026 – Region EMEA
Grantee: Ievgenia Pastushenko, Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2026
Geography: Belgium
Professor Ievgenia Pastushenko is Professor and Director of the Laboratory at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels, Belgium.
She received the prestigious ISID-LEO Foundation Award in Region EMEA during the 55th Annual ESDR Meeting in Heidelberg, Germany. The award recognizes Professor Pastushenko for her outstanding research achievements and contributions to skin research.
The ISID-LEO Foundation Award – worth USD 100,000 – recognizes outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.
The ISID-LEO Foundation Award 2026 – Region Americas
Grantee: Sakeen Kashem, M.D., PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Amount: USD 100,000
Grant category: LEO Foundation Awards
Year: 2026
Geography: USA
Dr. Sakeen Kashem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco.
He received the prestigious ISID-LEO Foundation Award in Region Americas during the SID annual meeting in Chicago. The award recognizes Dr. Sakeen Kashem for his exceptional research record and innovative contributions at the intersection of neuroimmunology and dermatology.
The ISID-LEO Foundation Award – worth USD 100,000 – recognizes outstanding young researchers and scientists from around the world whose work represents an extraordinary contribution to skin research and has the potential to pave the way for new and improved treatments for skin diseases.