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Research centre lead

1.        

Complex lifestyle interventions; exercise training; nutritional counseling; biomedical research

Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Bratislava, Slovakia

Prof Barbara Ukropcova

2.        

Epidemiology; mental health; genetics; neuroimaging

Center for Eating and feeding Disorders Reserach (CEDaR), Clinical Department of Eating Disorders (SPIS) at the Mental Health Centre Ballerup

Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof Nadia Micali

3.        

Endocrinology and bariatric surgery

Centro Della Chirurgia Metabolic E Dell'obesita' (Center for Metabolic and Obesity Surgery), University of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Prof Uberto Pagotto

4.        

Obesity and eating disorders treatment

Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital

Garda, Italy

Prof Riccado Dalle Grave

5.        

Childhood obesity treatment and prevention; weight stigma/bias; epidemiology

Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics, Uppsala University

Uppsala, Sweden

Dr Afsaneh Koochek, Prof Paulina Nowicka

6.        

Translational research in obesity and cardiometabolic complications; human intervention studies with detailed metabolic phenotyping (indirect calorimetry, hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps, non-invasive imaging, body composition, etc.) / cell culture studies (adipocytes, myotubes, liver cells)

Department of Human Biology, Institute of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Center+

Maastricht, Netherlands

Prof. Gijs Goossens

7.        

Public health nutrition; primary care medicine; epidemiology; economics; medical psychology; environmental health

Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Prof Anita Rieder

8.        

Gut-brain axis; appetite regulation; the pharmacotherapy of obesity; diabetes treatment and diabetic complications

Diabetes and Obesity Unit, Athens Medical Center

Athens, Greece

Dr Georgia Argyrakopoulou

9.        

Endocrinology

Endocrinology and Nutrition at the Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Vall Hebron University Hospital

Barcelona, Spain

Dr Andreea Ciudin

10.     

Metabolic and cardiovascular diseases

Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases (I2MC)

Toulouse, France

Prof Dominique Langin

11.     

Endocrinology

Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty

Istanbul, Türkiye

Prof Volkan Yumuk

12.     

Cardiovascular diseases; genetic heart disorders; arrhythmias; heart failure; metabolic and endocrine disorders; diabetes; obesity; genetics and genomics; cardiovascular risks; clinical and translational research, basic science; multidisciplinary patient assessments, particularly in areas such as cardiometabolic diseases, diabetes, and rare endocrine disorders​

L'institut Du Thorax

Nantes, France

Prof Bertrand Cariou

13.     

Endocrinology and metabolism; treatment and research in children, adolescents and adults with obesity; collecting and evaluation of clinical data

Leipzig University Medical Center - Integrated Research & Treatment Center (IFB), Adiposity Diseases

Leipzig, Germany

Prof Matthias Blüher

14.     

5 research programmes: Active Ageing and Frailty, Nutrition and Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Infectious and Immunological Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Cancer, Chronic and Inflammatory Diseases. All programmes include research on obesity

Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC)

Cordoba, Spain

Prof Pablo Perez Martinez

15.     

Multimodal treatment of obesity; mechanistic studies understanding how interventions work; new technologies; genetic epidemiology

North Bristol Centre for Weight Loss, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

Bristol, UK

Mr Dimitri Pournaras

16.     

Metabolism; nutrition; microbiology; clinical nutrition; gut microbiota; gut health; feeding behaviour; personalised nutrition

NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS, FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Lisbon, Portugal

Prof Conceição Calhau

17.     

Cardiometabolic disease; basic and translational research (from single cell to human)

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Juleen Zierath

18.     

Clinical studies; multidisciplinary projects

ObeCe - Centre for obesity research and innovation, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Dr Rønnaug Ødegård

19.     

Endocrinology

Obesity and Lipodystrophy Center Endocrine Unit University Hospital of Pisa

Pisa, Italy

Prof Ferruccio Santini

20.     

Cardio-metabolic and obesity prevention and treatment in occupational settings

Obesity and Work Center, IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

Milan, Italy

Dr Luisella Vigna

21.     

Body composition; comorbidity development; basic research in adipobiology

Obesity Area of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra

Navarra, Spain

Prof Gema Frühbeck

22.     

Obesity complications; pharmacotherapy; adipose tissue dysfunction

Obesity Center (Internal Medicine and Obesity Management Complex Unit) Department of Medical Sciences, Policlinico Tor Vergata University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Rome, Italy

Prof Paolo Sbraccia

23.     

Endocrinology; pediatric endocrinology; genetic obesity; clinical and basic research

Obesity Center CGG, Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Endocrinology) and Department of Pediatrics (Division of Pediatric Endocrinology), Erasmus University Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital

Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Prof. Dr. E.L.T. van den Akker & Prof. Dr. E.F.C. van Rossum

24.     

Public health; service evaluation; lived experience; whole systems approaches; addressing inequalities; person-centred compassionate weight management; emotional and disordered eating in people living with obesity

Obesity Institute, Leeds Beckett University

Leeds, UK

Professor Louisa Ells, Dr Claire Griffiths

25.     

Endocrinology and obesity

Pediatric Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Unit, Regional Center for Pediatric Diabetes, University City Hospital of Verona

Verona, Italy

Prof Claudio Maffeis

26.     

Childhood obesity

Preventive and Predictive Medicine Unit, Obesity Section, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS

Rome, Italy

Prof Melania Manco

27.     

Endocrinology; rehabilitation; cardiopulmonary and sports medicine

Reykjalundur

Mosfellsbær, Iceland

Dr Gudrun Höskuldsdottir

28.     

Human appetite; eating behaviour; nutrition; physical activity; exercise; psychology

School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds

Leeds, UK

Dr Mark Hopkins

29.     

Developing obesity treatment; outcome research; complications in high psychosocial comorbidity patients

The Health school, Pediatric unit, Reykjavik University Hospital

Reykjavik, Iceland

Dr Tryggvi Helgason

30.     

Obesity; diabetes; patient education (self-management)

Unit of Therapeutic Patient Education, WHO Collaborating Centre, University Hospitals of Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland

Prof Zoltan Pataky

31.     

Obesity; metabolism; endocrinology

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University Obesity and Diabetes Practice and Research Center

Zonguldak, Türkiye

Prof Taner Bayraktaroğlu