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.

Didac Mauricio, MD PhD, is Director of the Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, and Professor with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic & Central University of Catalonia (UVic/UCC). He is currently serving as Scientific Director of the Spanish excellence diabetes research network CIBER of Diabetes and Associated Metabolic diseases (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, in Spain. He has published over 390 peer-reviewed articles. D. Mauricio has been principal investigator of multiple research projects funded by national and international agencies. He keeps a strong interest on current clinical issues in diabetes management, including randomised clinical trials and clinical research on diabetic complications, as well as in precision diabetes research. D. Mauricio serves as editorial board member of several scientific journals, and is currently a member of the Guideline Oversight Committee and the Global Council of the EASD.

Internal Medicine Specialist, with a subspecialty in Obesity Medicine. Currently works as a Hospital Consultant at Curry Cabral Hospital, ULS São José. Assistant Professor at Egas Moniz School of Health & Science.