Faculty members

Prof. Enrique de MadariaSpain Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain. Coordinator of the Biliary-Pancreatic Unit at Alicante’s University General Hospital. President of the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology. Professor de-Madaria’s research interests are in pancreatic diseases, with a special interest on collaborative research. He has designed and led both national and international collaborative studies…

Dr. Bernard Vrijens Belgium Dr. Vrijens is invited Professor of Biostatistics and the University of Liege, Belgium and CEO of AARDEX who develop and market hardware, software and algorithmic solutions to measure and manage medication adherence. An early career as a Chief Science Officer and a Statistician led to an interest in compliance patterns and biostatistics…

Prof. Matthias Löhr Sweden Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at the Karolinska Institut, Sweden and leads the Pancreatic Team at Karolinska University Hospital. Professor Löhr’s research interest is in pancreatic diseases, both clinically and in the lab. His focus is on chronic and autoimmune pancreatitis, pancreatic exocrine function and testing, and the endo-exo-axis.   He has conducted…

Prof. Rob HorneEngland Rob Horne is Professor of Behavioural Medicine at University College London. His research focuses on the role of psychological and behavioural factors in explaining variation in response to treatment. Rob trained in pharmacy and health psychology. A key theme in his research is the understanding of patient and public perspectives of illness…

Prof. John Piette United States Professor in the Department of Health Behavior Health Education and Director of the Center for Managing Chronic Disease, Ann Arbor, US. Professor Piette is a global leader in innovation for chronic disease self-management support. His work focuses on improving access to quality self-management support among patients with a variety of chronic…

Dr. Sheri Pruitt United States Former Director, Behavioral Science Integration, Kaiser Permanente. Principal and Founder, Evidence Based Answers, LLC (psychological and behavioral science consulting) Dr. Sheri Pruitt is a licensed clinical psychologist with 29 years of experience in academia, private and public health care systems, and independent consulting. For 16 years, she was Director of…

Prof. Lale TokgözoğluTurkey Professor of Cardiology at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. Professor Tokgözoğlu is Past-President of the European Atherosclerosis Society and Deputy Editor of the European Heart Journal. She chaired the ‘Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology’ from 2008 to 2010. Professor Tokgözoğlu has served on the Board of…

Prof. Markus Schlaich Australia Dobney Chair in Clinical Research, Dobney Hypertension Centre, School of Medicine – Royal Perth Hospital Unit, Australia.Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences , The University of Western Australia. Professor Schlaich is a renal physician and an ESH accredited hypertension specialist with a strong background in clinical research. His main scientific…