Ms. Aguar joined the EC working for the DG for Health & Consumers on evaluation of the performance of national authorities and food-safety control systems in 2001.
From 2005 to 2012, she was involved in development and management of European Research Programmes in DG Research & Innovation in the area of Industrial Technologies.
From 2012 to 2017, she was Head of Unit at the Joint Research Centre. Her portfolio included developing testing methodologies for policymakers in the framework of EU legislation on chemicals and consumer products and working on safety and risk-benefit assessments of nanomaterials, nanomedicines and health technologies.
Since 2017, she has returned to DG Research & Innovation, managing European research programmes in health and environment and in regenerative medicine. From June 2019, she is in charge of the Unit “Health Innovations”.
Pilar holds degrees in Pharmacy and in Food Science and Technology with additional studies in Toxicology. Before joining the European Commission, she worked for the Spanish Ministry of Health in different positions.
