27 Aug 2025
27th of August 2025
Brussels, August 27th, 2025
Dr. Geoffroy Liegeon Awarded NEAT ID Young Investigator of the Year Award 2025
The NEAT ID (European AIDS Treatment Network for Infectious Diseases) is proud to announce that Dr. Geoffroy Liegeon has been awarded the NEAT ID Young Investigator of the Year Award 2025.
This inaugural award recognises the outstanding contribution of an early-career researcher in the field of HIV and infectious diseases. Dr. Liegeon received the highest score from the NEAT ID review panel for his exceptional submission, which demonstrated scientific rigour, innovation, and clear potential to impact clinical practice.
The award will be formally presented at the NEAT ID Special Session during the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Conference 2025, to be held in Paris on Thursday, 16th October, from 12:30–1:30 PM in Salle Maillot.
“NEAT ID is very happy and proud to help young researchers start and develop their academic career within NEAT ID originated research projects”, stated Professor Jürgen Rockstroh. “These young, dedicated infectiologists are urgently needed to tackle the upcoming infectious disease challenges globally.”
"Receiving the Young Investigator of the Year Award is an extraordinary honour, and I am deeply grateful for this recognition” stated Dr Geoffroy Liegeon. “This award highlights the exceptional opportunities NEAT ID provides to young researchers to advance research in HIV and infectious diseases. I am sincerely thankful to NEAT ID for their support and for fostering innovation in our field. I look forward to continuing this important work as part of this outstanding clinical research network."
The NEAT ID Young Investigator of the Year Award aims to encourage and celebrate the next generation of clinical researchers and their contributions to improving the understanding, treatment, and care of HIV and related infectious diseases.
For more information about NEAT ID and its initiatives, please visit https://www.neat-id.org/
Notes to editors:
1. NEAT ID's mission is to support and develop Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases and spread expertise, resources and funds. NEAT ID provides training and mobility of scientists at all levels and foster lasting research collaborations Internationally. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.NEAT-ID.org
2. Professor Jürgen Rockstroh is a professor of Medicine and Head of Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital of Bonn which treats the world’s largest cohort of HIV-infected haemophiliacs. From 2007-2011 he was elected president of the German AIDS Society and has sat on the executive committee of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) since 2009, and the governing council of the International AIDS Society since 2011. From 2019-2021 he became president of EACS. He chairs the hepatitis research activities at the European Aids Treatment Network, NEAT ID. He won the German national AIDS research prize in 2005. The Federal Cross of Merit was awarded to him by the Federal Republic of Germany in 2017.
3. Dr Geoffroy Liegeon is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases at Paris Cité University and a clinician in the Infectious Diseases Department at Saint Louis Hospital in Paris. With a background in nephrology, his early research focused on the renal toxicity of tenofovir across diverse populations, including people living with HIV, pregnant women living with HBV, and PrEP users. His research now spans HIV treatment and prevention, with a particular emphasis on improving uptake, adherence, and persistence of HIV PrEP. As coordinating investigator, he leads several studies sponsored by the French National Agency for HIV/AIDS Research (ANRS – Emerging Infectious Diseases) in the HIV prevention field. After a post-doc in implementation science, Dr. Liegeon has expanded his work to develop implementation programs aiming to increase PrEP access for underserved populations, such as migrant women, and explore innovative strategies to broaden PrEP delivery.
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