Dr.  Maria Pilar Ballester Ferré

Digestive Disease Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Research Interests: advanced chronic liver disease and portal hypertension.

Prof.  Paola Patrignani

Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, “G.d’Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy.

Research Interests: Colorectal cancer; inflammation; metastasis; platelets and extracellular vesicles; aspirin; NSAIDs; eicosanoids; COX-2.

Prof.  Dmitry S. Bordin

• 1. Department of Pancreatic, Biliary and Upper Digestive Tract Disorders, A.S. Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia.
• 2. Department of Propaedeutic of Internal Diseases and Gastroenterology, Russian University of Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
• 3. Department of General Medical Practice and Family Medicine, Tver State Medical University, Tver, Russia.

Research Interests: helicobacter pylori; GERD; pancreatic diseases; gastric cancer.

Prof.  Carolina Olano

Gastroenterology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Research Interests: small bowel diseases; bowel disorders of the Gut-Brain Interaction disorders, and medical education.

Dr.  Samuel J. Martínez Domínguez

• 1. Department of Digestive Diseases, Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.
• 2. School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Research Interests: inflammatory bowel diseases; helicobacter pylori; gastrointestinal bleeding.

Prof.  Maria Livzan

Department of Faculty Therapy and Gastroenterology, Omsk State Medical University, Omsk, Russia.

Research Interests: diagnosis and treatment of gastritis; gastropathy; MAFLD; IBS; IBD.

Dr.  Sandra García-Mateo

• 1. Department of Gastroenterology, “Lozano Blesa” Clinical Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain.
• 2. Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.
• 3. School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Research Interests: MASLD; gut microbiota and cardiometabolic risk.

Prof.  Edgardo Smecuol

Teaching and Research Department, Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research Interests: small bowel diseases; celiac disease; gut microbiome; probiotics.

Dr.  Joaquín Cubiella

Grupo de Investigación en Oncología Digestiva-Ourense, Fundación Pública Gallega de Investigación Biomédica Galicia Sur, Área Sanitaria de Ourense, Verín e O Barco de Valdeorras, Ourense, Spain.

Research Interests: diagnosis and prevention of colorectal cancer.

Prof.  Carmelo Scarpignato

• 1. Department of Health Sciences, United Campus of Malta, Birkirkara, Malta.
• 2. Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
• 3. Department of Medicine & Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Research Interests: clinical pharmacology; gastroenterology.

Prof.  Nadir Arber

• 1. Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 2. Health Promotion and Integrated Cancer Prevention Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 3. Institute of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Research Interests: gastroenterology; colonoscopy; cancer research; early detection and diagnosis of diseases; tumor markers; immunotherapy; gene therapy; chemoprevention, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Prof.  Jinjun Chen

• 1. Hepatology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
• 2. Department of Hepatology, Zengcheng Branch, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
• 3. State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China.
• 4. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Guangzhou, China.

Research Interests: liver failure; cirrhosis; portal hypertension; fatty liver disease.

Dr.  Robert Benamouzig

Service d'Hépato Gastro Entérologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France.

Research Interests: gastroenterology; colon cancer, NSAIDs, hepatology.

Prof.  Leo Dieleman

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Research Interests: intestinal bacteria; probiotics; prebiotics; dietary therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease; management of reproductive issues in IBD.

Assoc. Prof.  Antonietta Gerarda Gravina

Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: helicobacter pylori, Inflammatory bowel diseases.

Dr.  Raffaele Pellegrino

Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.

Research Interests: inflammatory bowel diseases; Crohn’s disease; ulcerative colitis; inflammation; nutraceuticals; digestive endoscopy; large language models.

Prof.  Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DiSCOG), University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Research Interests: neurogastroenterology and immune-mediated diseases (incl. eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases).