Nicola Longo earned an MD in Medicine (1982) and a PhD in Molecular Biology and Pathology (1988) from the University of Parma. He is now a professor of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology at the University of Utah and has served as a director for ABMG Medical Biochemical Genetics Training Program since 2020. His teaching disciplines include Pediatrics, Human Genetics for Graduate and Medical Students, Biochemical Genetics, and the Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling, and his interests include the therapy of metabolic disorders, molecular genetics of inherited insulin-resistant syndromes, the molecular basis of carnitine deficiency, and inherited insulin-resistant syndromes.