The Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEAIC) has awarded its first National SEAIC Foundation Professional Trajectory Awards 2023 to Professor Tomás Chivato and Dr. Joaquín Sastre, in the categories of teaching and research, during the 75th anniversary celebration of the Society at its XXXIV National Congress.

These awards aim to strengthen allergology as a scientific discipline of excellence at the national level and to reward those who have dedicated their professional or institutional careers to the study, development, and promotion of this speciality.

Professor Tomás Chivato, Dean of the School of Medicine and Professor of Allergology, received the Teaching Award which recognises his merits in the field of education. Chivato has four six-year research periods through the National Commission for Assessment of Research Activity (CNEAI), is a corresponding member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain, Vice President of Education and Speciality of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), a member of the Professionalism Commission of the Madrid College of Doctors, and director of the "Nemesio Diez" Chair of Medical Education and Humanisation. He was also president of the SEAIC between 2006 and 2010.

Dr. Joaquín Sastre, head of the Allergology department of the Fundación Jiménez Díaz, has been recognised with the Research Award for his outstanding research work over the years. The former president of SEAIC has published 435 articles in PubMed, has an h-index of 66 according to the Web of Science and 80 according to Google Scholar. Likewise, the number of citations exceeds 21,000. Dr. Sastre is also an associate editor of the JIACI publication, fifth in the ranking of allergy journals worldwide, and winner of the "Clinical Research Award Von Pirquet" of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).