The Spanish Broadcasting Society, with the collaboration of the Carmona City Council, Cajasol Foundation, Mercadona, Inter-Food Forum, the University of Seville and the Ministry of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities, has announced the winners of the 10th Manuel Losada Villasante Awards.

The Innovation Research Award has been given to Esther Reina Romo, PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Engineering at the University of Seville and Professor of Mechanical Engineering since 2021. She has worked primarily in the field of biomechanics and mechanobiology to explore the biological response of bone tissue to mechanical stimulation under healthy and pathological conditions. Her award-winning work is entitled 'Mechanical Engineering applied to bone regeneration processes'.

This line of research has been the main focus of his work over the past 15 years, including animal experimentation, computational and in silico , and mechanical characterization of bone tissue microstructure across a wide range of biological scales. The results of this work are published in more than 35 JCR-indexed journals and one patent.

Reina Romo obtained the third best academic record of the XXXIV promotion and completed her doctorate in 2010, with the extraordinary doctoral prize and the prize for the best doctoral thesis from the Seville City Council.

In the categories of scientific research and innovation, the jury was chaired by the Rector of the University of Seville, Miguel Ángel Castro, and included the participation of Rogelio Velasco, Minister of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Regional Government of Andalusia; Julián Martínez, Vice-Rector of Research at the University of Seville; Juan Ávila, Mayor of Carmona; Francisco Galván, from the Activities Department of the Cajasol Foundation; Antonio Yélamo, Director of Radio Sevilla and Cadena Ser Andalucía; Guillermo Antiñolo, Director of the Assisted Reproduction Unit of the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital; Carmen Ortiz Mellet, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Seville; and Isabel Martínez, Head of Advertising at Radio Sevilla, who acted as secretary.

These awards aim to promote and recognize research activity in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, supporting the development of innovative initiatives that benefit society as a whole. The prizes include a cash award of €24,000.