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.