On the 07.07.2025 at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Girona (Girona, Spain), Fidanka Vasileva has defended her doctoral thesis and gained the International Mention of the PhD. The thesis is entitled: “Physical exercise-induced health benefits: The potential role of exerkine secretion and epigenetic modifications”, supervised by Dr. Anna Prats-Puig (University of Health and Sport, Girona, Spain), Dr. Abel López-Bermejo (Biomedical Research Institute of Girona, Girona, Spain) and Dr. Raquel Font Lladó (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Girona, Spain). The members of the defense panel were Dr. Olga Tura (Biomedical Research Institute of Girona, Girona, Spain), Dr. Agnė Slapšinskaitė-Dackevičienė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania), and Dr. Pedro Júdice (Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal).
