Prof. Gema Frühbeck (RNutr, MD, PhD) combines everyday work in the clinical setting as Co-Director of the Obesity Area of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain), with basic research as Head of the Metabolic Research Laboratory of the University of Navarra and Project Leader of the CIBEROBN (Centre of Excellence Network in Obesity and Nutrition of the Spanish Institute of Health). The efforts of her group are focused on studying the impact of adiposity on the development of comorbidities. Frühbeck’s group has taken the step forward of using body composition measurements routinely in the clinical assessment of patients in order to analyse the relevance of body fat -beyond BMI- in comorbidity development. In 1997 with a fellowship grant of The Royal Society Frühbeck performed a postdoctoral stay in Prof. Andrew Prentice’s Energy Group at the MRC Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre in Cambridge, UK. In the last years Prof. Frühbeck has been recipient of numerous awards and honours among others: The Nutrition Society’s Silver Medal, UK (2000), “Doctor Laguna Serrano” Prize, Royal National Academy of Medicine, Madrid (2005), “Sir David Cuthbertson Medal” of the Nutrition Society, UK (2005), “AMA Prize” on Nutrition and Health of the Medical Association (2007), Pfizer Prize for a Professional Career in the field of Neuroendocrinology (2009), Commendation of her book “Obesity: Science to Practice” published by Wiley-Blackwell in the British Medical Association Book Awards (2010), Lilly Distinguished Career Award in Endocrinology & Nutrition (2011), Albert Struyvenberg Medal of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (2013) and British Medical Association Award in Medical Leadership (2017) Group Trajectory Award of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology & Nutrition (2017), NAOS Obesity Strategy Accesit in the hospital setting (2020), Danone Prize (2022). Prof. Frühbeck has served as Secretary, President-Elect, President and Co-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO).
Gema Frühbeck
