Prof. Dr. Ligia Dominguez is a full Professor of the Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement (SPPEFF), and at the Pro.M.I.S.E. Department "Giuseppe D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, where she teaches at the Post-graduate School of Geriatrics, at the Medical School, and the School of Sports Sciences. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the ‘Universidad del Rosario’ in Bogota. Afterwards, she joined the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Hypertension at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI, USA) performing basic and clinical research, and completing her fellowship in Endocrinology. She has been a local coordinator in multicenter studies sponsored by the Italian Government and by the European Community. She has authored over 300 journal articles, book chapters, and abstracts in peer-reviewed national and international journals and has been invited as a speaker at conferences at national and international meetings. Her research interests cover the fields of diabetes and its complications, nutrition and metabolism, and mineral metabolism, in relation to aging.