Prof. Dr. Giovanni Targher

Giovanni Targher is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Diabetology at the University Medical School and Senior Consultant of Endocrinology at the Diabetes and Endocrinology Division, Hospital Trust, Verona, Italy. He received his MD degree from the University of Verona in 1991 and has been a Board Certified Specialist in Endocrinology and Diabetology at the University of Verona since 1996. He has received several awards or prizes from the Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. He is serving as an editorial board member for several reputed scientific journals (including Diabetes Care, Gut, Journal of Hepatology, and ATVB). He is Co-Editor of Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases (NMCD), Academic Editor of PLOS One, and Associate Editor of Diabetic Medicine, Diabetes & Metabolism and Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. He is Coordinator of the "Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences" Ph.D. program of the Verona University School of Medicine. His major research interest for over 15 years has been the cause and prevention of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) using clinical epidemiology and health service translational approaches. He has authored more than 450 peer-reviewed scientific articles and reviews.