NAME: Elena Verdú

COUNTRY: Canada

PROFESSION: Professor at McMaster University.

She heads a team of researchers studying

host-microbe and nutritional interactions in

the gastrointestinal tract in the context of the

pathogenesis of celiac disease and inflammatory

bowel diseases.

COMMITTEE: International scientific review board

& National scientific review board Canada

NAME Conceição Calhau

COUNTRY Portugal

PROFESSION Professor in the nutrition

and metabolism department at NOVA Medical

School of Lisbon

COMMITTEE National scientific review board

Portugal

NAME: Jaroslaw Reguła

COUNTRY: Poland

PROFESSION: Professor of gastroenterology

at Maria SklodowskaCurie National Research

Institute of Oncology

COMMITTEE National scientific review board

Poland

NAME: Naïma Amrani

COUNTRY: Morocco

PROFESSION: GA gastroenterologist and

hepatologist, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine

and Pharmacy at Mohammed V University in

Rabat. Until 2021, she was President of the World

Gastroenterology Organization (WGO).

COMMITTEE: National scientific review board

Morocco

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST

ABOUT YOUR ROLE?

Prof. Elena Verdú:

“Discovering different research

topics every year. As a member of the

international scientific review board,

I have a unique opportunity to find

out about exciting research on

microbiota - which I’d never have

known about otherwise.”

Prof. Jaroslaw Reguła:

“Sitting on the review board gives

me another opportunity to enhance

the quality of medical research in

Poland, especially with regard to

methodological aspects which, for

many experts, constitute the most

important factor for conducting

successful research.”

THE RULES

All applications are assessed by the

international scientific committee

based on specific criteria such as

The proposals consistency with the predetermined

subject

Its scientific quality

Its originality

Its benefit to human health

The quality of the researcher

The quality of the research environment

The feasibility of the project

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