CITCEM congratulates Researcher Monique Palma, who won the Premio de Investigación a Tesis Doctorales Iberoamericanas de la Fundación Academia Europea e Iberoamericana de Yuste with her PhD Thesis entitled “Surgeons, surgical practices and knowledge in Portuguese America in the 18th century”. The jury highlighted the scientific quality and brilliant defense of the thesis by the author, considering that although the dissertation is about the century. XVIII, acquires immediate relevance in view of the current health situation.