Dr. Paola Fioretto, University of Padova, Italy

Paola Fioretto, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Padova, is a recognized expert in the field of diabetic nephropathy, the leading cause of kidney failure in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Dr. Fioretto has also explored the link between the normalizing of blood sugar levels resulting from successful pancreas transplantation and its effects on lesions within the kidney caused by diabetic nephropathy.

 

 

Dr. Michael Roden, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria

Michael Roden is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna Medical School and Head of the Internal Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital. Dr. Roden's clinical interests include the study of the roles of insulin and glucagon in the production and turnover of glycogen in the liver and the mechanism by which free fatty acids cause insulin resistance. The results of Dr. Roden's studies provide new insights into how fatty acids cause insulin resistance in human muscle tissue.