The ESPR Early Career Investigators Section

Welcome to ESPR's most recently founded section – the Early Carreer Investigators (ECI). 

We are a platform for researchers in their early career enabling them to network across borders and professions. We promote educational and scientific opportunities by joining efforts and collaborating with other ESPR sections.

• Meet the Section Council

  Kerstin Jost, MD, PhD Fellow in Neonatology  Section Chair since 2022 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  Allan Jenkinson, MD Fellow in Neonatology  Section Council member since 2022 King's College Hospital, London, UK

  Enikő Szakmár, MD, PhD Resident in Pediatrics Section Council member since 2022 Semmelweiss University, Budapest, Hungary

  Genny Raffaeli, MD Neonatologist Section Council member since 2022 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
• Current projects of the section
  • Onboarding of new ESPR members in their early career
  • Review article 'The future of multimodal monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit'
  • Social event for early career investigators at annual congresses jENS and EAPS
• Membership

  Membership is open to ESPR members of all specialties and professions: we cordially invite students, nursing staff, physicians and midwives to apply. Applicants should be below the age of 45 at the time of application as well as within 10 years of their PhD defense or end of specialist training. Exceptions will however be considered on an individual basis.
• Upcoming meetings of the section

  Participation by interested non-members is welcome and encouraged. Please contact the ESPR Secretariat via office@espr.eu, they will be more than happy to send you meeting infos of the ECI section.
• How to engage with us

  We welcome inquiries from engaged people of any background and at any career point (students included). Please contact the ESPR Secretariat via office@espr.eu, who will forward your request to Kerstin Jost, the ECI Section Chair.