Eva C. Coopmans received her medical degree in January of 2017 from the Medical Center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. During her medical training, she studied Philosophy of Medicine, of which she obtained a master of arts degree cum laude in April 2016 from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her interest in Endocrinology, particularly in pituitary diseases, lead her to start a PhD project within the group of Prof van der Lely. Eva is now working as a fourth-year PhD student at the department Endocrinology of the Medical Center of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her thesis explores the therapeutic efficacy of octreotide and pasireotide in acromegaly patients via analysis of large datasets from international multicentre cohorts and a large-scale phase IV study. She considers the conception of a proof-of-concept study applying a ketogenic diet in acromegaly patients, a potential new treatment option, as her most outstanding personal achievements. Two of the things Eva is passionate about is conducting research and participate in learned societies. During her PhD candidate period, she was invited to become a board member of ESE Young Endocrinologists and Scientists (EYES) and recently elected to become co-chair of the EYES board (June of 2020) for a two-year term. During her four-year term in the EYES board, she was elected to become part of the organizing committee of the EYES Annual Meeting 2018 (Poznan, Poland), 2019 (Athens, Greece) and the EYES Symposium at the online e-ECE 2020. She is also an editorial board member of both the ESE and EYES newsletter and she represented EYES at several conferences (25th Postgraduate course, EndoBridge and ECE Summer School). Since 2018 she is a board member of the Early Career Special Interest Group (SIG) Steering Group of The Endocrine Society (US) and the Young Dutch Endocrine Society (JNVE).

Dr Eva Coopmans has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies: