14^th Euro Obesity and Endocrinology Congress September 13-14, 2018 London, UK

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, MD, MSc, PhD, FFPM, is Professor and Chair in Lifecourse Epidemiology at Imperial College London (IC), UK, also holding a visiting professorship at Brunel University London, UK and a part-time professorship at the University of Oulu, Finland. She has been running large-scale population-based studies for over 25 years, working on the genetic and early life environmental origins of multi-factorial diseases and disorders. She is a Scientific Director of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC) research program and has an active role in research training as Director of Postgraduate Studies at School of Public Health, IC. Professor Järvelin has published over 700 original papers. She has been nominated on several prestigious visiting and collaboration awards, has received an award of Excellence in Genetic Epidemiology at Imperial College London, been honoured by the title, Epidemiologist of the Year in Finland and invited to join the Finnish Academy of Sciences.

Challenging life course approaches and their implications: New research concepts

Mircea Onofriescu is a Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr.T. Popa", Iasi and Head of Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital “Cuza-Vodă”, Iasi. He has an MD, PhD in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational Diabetes and Maternal-Fetal Influences. Ability in Materno-Fetal Medicine, Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy in Gynecology, In Vitro Fertilization. He is the President of the Romanian Society Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Romanian Society Reproductive Medicine. He is a Member of 10 international scientific associations and 12 Romanian scientific associations. He has experience in clinical trials, which include two international studies and six national grants. He has published 15 books as an Author and Co-Author.

Obesity in obstetrics

Mircea Onofriescu is a Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Gr.T. Popa", Iasi and Head of Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital “Cuza-Vodă”, Iasi. He has an MD, PhD in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gestational Diabetes and Maternal-Fetal Influences. Ability in Materno-Fetal Medicine, Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hysteroscopy, Laparoscopy in Gynecology, In Vitro Fertilization. He is the President of the Romanian Society Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Romanian Society Reproductive Medicine. He is a Member of 10 international scientific associations and 12 Romanian scientific associations. He has experience in clinical trials, which include two international studies and six national grants. He has published 15 books as an Author and Co-Author.

Obesity in obstetrics

Mohamed Eddouks is Professor at Moulay Ismail University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques Errachidia, Morocco. He is a researcher in Physiology and Pharmacology with a Master Degree in Metabolic and Molecular Endocrinology from University of Paris vi, a specialized certificate in Endocrine Pharmacology from University of Paris vii and PhD degrees in Physiology and Pharmacology from University of Liege, Belgium and Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. After his post-doctoral fellowship at Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine of Montreal, Canada, he is working for the last 16 years on medicinal plants. His work on antidiabetic and antihypertensive plants is well recognized globally. His research focuses on ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues in the use of Moroccan medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, obesity and hypertension. His contribution to this field includes four international books and more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters of international repute. He is Guest Editor of American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Lead Guest Editor of an annual special issue published by Evidence-Based and Complementary Alternative Medicine, Regional Editor of the Following journals: American Journal of Food Technology, Journal of Applied Sciences, Trends in Applied Sciences Research and Singapore Journal of Scientific research, Member of Editorial Board of several international journals. He has been honored with the first Prize of Scientific Research in 2008 by the Moroccan Association of Research and Development and the first Prize of the Federation of Arab Scientific Councils in 2016. He has been the Dean of Polydisciplinary Faculty of Errachidia from 2008 to 2012.

His research focuses on ethnobiological as well as pharmacological issues in the use of Moroccan medicinal plants for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, obesity and hypertension.

Sanjay Chatterjee has completed his MBBS (1979), MD (1983), Dip.BMSc, Certificate on Diabetology Care from Newcastle University, Australia

Metabolic Syndrome & Insulin Resistance. Cardiovascular complications Clinical Research in Diabetology Good Clinical Practice Certification for clinical trials – 2015 (last) Principal Investigator of several Multi-center, International Trials