Elías Delgado-Álvarez is a Full Professor at the Medical School of the University of Oviedo. He is also the Diabetes Section Head of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service of the Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, and Vice Dean of la Facultad de Medicine of la Universidad, Oviedo. In addition, he is a Member of the Scientific Committee of the Diabetes Study (SED). The main line of research in which he is involved is type 2 diabetes epidemiology.