Prof. Zyta Beata Wojszel, M.D., Ph.D., specializes in internal medicine, geriatrics, and diabetology. She is now the Head of the Geriatrics Clinic of the Medical University of Bialystok (MUB), Poland, and a director of doctoral studies at the MUB Faculty of Health Sciences. She completed a European Academy for Medicine of Aging (Sion, Switzerland, 1997-1998). She was a Secretary of the Polish Gerontological Society Main Board in 2001-2005 and long-time president of its Podlaski Branch. Conducted research projects dealing with medical and social problems of older adults, including the Committee for Scientific Research, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and international European projects (SCOPE, COPE, and EUROFAMCARE). Expert of the Polish National Center for Research and Development. Author and co-author of numeral publications and textbooks on geriatrics and gerontology. Reviewer of many national and international scientific journals (including Aging and Mental Health; The Journal of Nutrition Health and Aging; European Geriatric Medicine; Nutrients; Biology; Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy). She is now the Management Committee member of the Programming COST project for Poland. The Rector of the MUB has awarded her many times for her research and teaching activities. Her research interests include diabetes, sarcopenia, malnutrition, dementia, geriatric syndromes, and other medical and social problems in older adults.