Lidia Santarpia is a Tenure‑Track Assistant Professor (RTDB) at the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, and a physician in the Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition Unit of the Federico II University Hospital. She graduated in Medicine in 2000. Her research focuses on clinical nutrition, oncology, and metabolic disorders. She serves on the Executive Board of the Italian Society for Artificial Nutrition and Metabolism (SINPE) and holds a National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor (SSD MEDS-06/B1 and SSD MEDS-06/D2). According to Scopus (July 22, 2025), she is the author of 101 articles, with an H‑index of 25 and 2,385 citations.