Young  Investigator Awardees 2026

On the occasion of the ESPNIC Congress 2026, the Society was proud to recognize two outstanding early-career researchers with the Young Investigator Awards, acknowledging the highest-ranked scientific abstracts presented during the Congress.

Selected by the Scientific Committee through the abstract review and presentation evaluation process, these awards celebrate excellence in pediatric and neonatal intensive care research and encourage the next generation of clinician-scientists to continue advancing the field.

 

2026 Award Recipients:

1st Place

Chloe Stevens (United Kingdom)
Associations between whole blood immune cell responses in childhood sepsis and disease severity in the PERFORM cohort

2nd Place

Aakash Chandran Chidambaram (India)
Effect of methylprednisolone in hyperferritinemic sepsis in children: a double-blind randomized controlled trial (FERRIMED trial)