The First Editorial Board of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage

We are very pleased to announce the successful completion of organizing the Editorial Board of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage from February to April 2021 with the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Amedeo Lonardo. During this course, a total of 24 internationally-recognized experts, 14 young talented researchers have formally joined the Editorial Board and Junior Editorial Board respectively with the ambition to support our future development.

All members carry on their responsibilities to ensure the smooth progress of this new journal. Here is the brief introduction of some members and the full list will be displayed at the end:

Christopher Byrne, Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Giovanni Targher, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Luigi Elio Adinolfi, Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza Miraglia, Naples, Italy.
Pietro Andreone, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Stefano Ballestri, Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Internal and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hospital of Pavullo, AUSL Modena, Italy.
Stefano Bellentani, Independent Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist in Locarno (CH) . Via Della Pace, n.3 6600 Locarno, Switzerland.
Helena Cortez-Pinto, Department of Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Leonardo M. Fabbri, Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Silvia R. Fargion, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation Ca' Granda IRCCS Foundation, Policlinico Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Giampiero Francica, Chief Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Pineta Grande Hospital, Castel Volturno, Italy.
Fulvio Lonardo, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Luca Roncucci, Department of Diagnostic and Clinical Medicine, and Public Health, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Ayako Suzuki, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Claudio Tiribelli, Italian Liver Foundation, Trieste, Italy.
Annalisa Berzigotti, Head of Hepatology, University Clinic of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
Giuseppe Boriani, Division of Cardiology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Agueda Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Santa Cristina, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
Youngmi Jung, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea.
Mariana Verdelho Machado, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, Portugal.
Malu Luz Martínez-Chantar, Liver Disease Laboratory, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Spain.
Chiara Mussi, Geriatrics, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Civil Hospital, Modena, Italy.
Laura E. Nagy, Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Saula Vigili de Kreutzenberg, Department of Medicine, Division of Metabolic Diseases, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Shira Zelber-Sagi, School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Juan Pablo Arab, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Enrica Baldelli, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Ilaria Barchetta, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Giulia Brigante, Unit of Endocrinology, Dept. of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Fernando Bril, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Rocío Gallego-Durán, UCM Digestive Diseases and SeLiver Group, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Institute of Biomedicine of Seville, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. Biomedical Research Networking Center in Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD), Seville, Spain.
Stefano Gitto, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Alessandro Mantovani, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Marica Meroni, General Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Fabio Nascimbeni, Division of Internal Medicine and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy.
Raluca Pais, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Hepatogastroenterology Department, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, INSERM, Paris, France.
Natalia Rosso, Liver Research Center, Italian Liver Foundation.Trieste, Italy.
Daniele Santi, Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Marco Vitolo, Cardiology Division, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy.

We thank for all members strongly contribute to a successful start of M&TOD. Confidently, we will live up to the expectation of all the scholars showing trust and support in the development of the journal.

Respectfully submitted by the Editorial Office of Metabolism and Target Organ Damage