Paula Macedo Full Professor NOVA Medical School(NMS), Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation, coordinates PhD programs and serves the Pedagogic Council. Holds a PhD and a Master’s Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her research focuses on molecular and clinical aspects in diabetes, obesity, and MASLD. Coordinates APDP-Diabetes research, steering committee of the European MASLD Study Group, the Global NASH Council,  and is Vice-President European Society for Clinical Investigation. Former advisor to the Minister of Science, she is now Vice-President Portuguese Clinical Research Agency.