The European Radiology Private Foundation and the Chief Editor of the ESR Journals and Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology, Prof. Bernd Hamm, are delighted to announce the recipients of the prestigious Albert L. Baert Editorial Fellowship. For 2026, the programme welcomes three fellows:

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Georgios Agrotis, Dr. Timo Alexander Auer, and Dr. Diana Veiga-Canuto, who will embark on their editorial training journey, designed to prepare these promising candidates for future editorial leadership roles.

The Editor-in-Chief will personally welcome the selected fellows at ECR 2026 for an introductory meeting.

The subsequent 10-month fellowship period will consist of an onsite training hosted by Prof. Hamm in Berlin, and will be followed by a remote training phase.

Under the mentorship of our experienced Deputy Editors, the fellows will take part in a range of hands-on activities, exploring the core elements of editorial practice – including  manuscript evaluation, peer-review management, editorial decision-making and the principles that ensure ethical and transparent publishing.

We wholeheartedly congratulate the recipients and wish them a rewarding and inspiring fellowship experience!

Find out more about them below:

Georgios Agrotis is a radiologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. His work focuses on prostate MRI, MRI-based T-staging, imaging biomarkers, and AI-assisted diagnosis. He is involved in multidisciplinary collaborative research aimed at advancing prostate cancer imaging and risk-based decision making.

Timo Auer, a native of Berlin and working at Charité – University Hospital, is a senior radiology physician specializing in interventional radiology and abdominal imaging. As an attending radiologist, he is dedicated to advancing patient care through precision imaging and minimally invasive therapies, contributing expertise to clinical practice, education, and research in modern radiology.

Diana Veiga-Canuto is a Paediatric Radiologist at Hospital La Fe (Valencia, Spain). She completed a Clinical Fellowship at SickKids (Toronto, Canada), preceded by a predoctoral research fellowship at the La Fe Health Research Institute, during which she earned a PhD on MRI biomarkers in neuroblastic tumours, awarded the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize from the University of Valencia. She received the ESPR Jacques Lefebvre Award and holds the European Diploma in Paediatric Radiology (EDiPR).