Biographical note

Jordi Gracia-Sancho is the Chief of the Liver Vascular Biology Research Group at the IDIBAPS Research Institute – Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Associate Researcher at the Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine – University of Bern, & Scientific Director of the Spanish Research Consortium on Liver & Digestive Diseases (CIBEREHD). He graduated in Biochemistry receiving undergraduate research training in basic hemochromatosis at the London Metropolitan University, pursued pre-doctoral studies in basic portal hypertension at the University of Barcelona Medical School, and post-doctoral training at the Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology - Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 2012 he obtained the “Ramón y Cajal” Spanish tenure-track position and then promoted to his current senior position. Jordi’s research focuses on liver vascular pathobiology with special interest in the role of sinusoidal cells, and their interactions, in acute and chronic liver diseases, and in aging. He (co-)authored more than 125 peer-reviewed original papers and reviews, and currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepatology. In addition, he is invited professor in different universities within Spain and Europe and co-leads diverse educational initiatives including the LiverSeminars Program (www.liverseminars.eu), the 2018 EASL-Basic School of Hepatology, the 2020 APASL-Symposium on Regression of Portal Hypertension, the 2020 AASLD-Symposium on Senescence and Liver Diseases, the 2021 EASL-Symposium on Sinusoidal Cells in Liver Diseases and the 2023 AMH-Irwin Arias Symposium. Prof Gracia has been invited speaker in different national and international conferences, including the annual meetings of the European, American and Asia-Pacific associations of Hepatology. He has been member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver (AEEH) and the Steering Committee of the Portal Hypertension Special Interest Group of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). He is now member of the Governing Board of AEEH, the Basic Research Committee of AASLD and the Baveno Cooperation Steering Committee. In 2016 he received the Emerging Leader Award from the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). He served as Scientific Secretary of the International Society for Hepatic Sinusoidal Research (ISHSR) from 2017-2022, being now the President-Elect of this Society. Professor Salvadó is currently a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain). She directs studies regarding Food Bioactive Ingredients and Oxidative Metabolism. Professor Salvadó graduated in 1978 from the University of Barcelona with a Degree in Chemistry Sciences. She gained her PhD in 1988, in the field of Amino acid Metabolism and Development, from the University of Barcelona. She performed post-doctorate studies at Centre de Recherches sur la Nutrition from the CNRS (Meudon-Bellevue, France) in 1989 and in Academisch Medisch Centrum from the Amsterdam University (The Netherlands) in 1992. She has performed a stage in the Centre of Technology of Food and Health (Reus, Spain) between 2013 and 2014. Between 1988 until 1994 she was associated professor at the University of Barcelona and at the Rovira i Virgili University. Since1994 she is Full Professor on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is member of the Spanish Biochemistry and Molecular Society. Professor Salvadó has published over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research and over 7 reviews.