Dr Leah Gilbert is a Principal Investigator and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Charles Perkins Center at the Nepean Hospital, in Sydney, Australia. She received her master degree in Child and Adolescent Psychology in 2016 and her PhD in Life Sciences in 2021 in Lausanne, Switzerland. For her PhD she was awarded the best grade for all of the aspects of her thesis: thesis defense presentation, scientific research and written thesis. Her research focuses on maternal and offspring mental and metabolic health and on solutions to reduce mental health issues as well as the development of cardio-metabolic disorders. She is currently investigating this with a team in Australia, a team in Switzerland and another in the United Kingdom. She authored and co-authored over 25 scientific papers in international and peer-reviewed journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Journal of Psychosomatic Research and BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Dr Gilbert received a Postdoc.Mobility grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation to conduct her postdoctoral research in Sydney, Australia. Her PhD and early Postdoc was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and Novo Nordisk. She recently received a travel grant for her oral presentation at the Australian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society. She was also awarded the jury prize during her participation in "My thesis in 180 seconds" in 2018 for her outstanding competencies in oral communication.