Lucia Pinilla
Research Fellow in Sleep Health
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Lucia Pinilla (BSc Biotech, MSc Biomed, PhD) is an Early Career Research Fellow at at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI): Sleep Health, where she co-leads the Biomarkers and Risk Prevention research theme. Her work focuses on advancing the understanding of obstructive sleep apnea pathobiology and developing precision medicine strategies for personalised, targeted care. Dr. Pinilla serves on the committee of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA)’s Network of Early career Sleep researchers in Training (NEST) and is the incoming Secretary of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Group 04.01: Sleep Science – Basic and Translational.
2023 PhD in Health Sciences (International Mention) — University of Lleida, Spain
2019 Master of Science in Biomedical Research — University of Lleida, Spain
2018 Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biotechnology — University of Lleida, Spain
- Special PhD Award (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado) University of Lleida – 2025, Spain
- TSANZ New Investigator Award Finalist – 2025, Australia
- ATS International Trainee Scholarship – 4× recipient (2024, 2023, 2022, 2020), USA
- ERS Science Slam Winner – 2023, Italy
- ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship – 2023, Italy
- Most Outstanding PhD Research Article Award – 2× recipient, 2023, Spain
- Best Oral Communication at National Conferences – 4× recipient (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019), Spain
- Barcelona-Boston Lung Conference Sponsorship – 3× recipient (2022, 2021, 2020), Spain
- ATS Abstract Scholarship – 2021, USA
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