Editorial introductions

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care was launched in 1998. It is one of a successful series of review journals whose unique format is designed to provide a systematic and critical assessment of the literature as presented in the many primary journals. The fields of clinical nutrition and metabolic care are divided into 15 sections that are reviewed once a year. Each section is assigned a Section Editor, a leading authority in the area, who identifies the most important topics at that time. Here we are pleased to introduce the Section Editors for this issue. SECTION EDITORS Carla PradoCarla PradoCarla Prado (PhD, Registered Dietitian) is a Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Campus Alberta Innovate Program (CAIP) Chair in Nutrition, Food and Health. She is also the director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, the best facility in Canada, and one of the top facilities worldwide for body composition and energy metabolism assessments. Dr Prado is an expert in assessing nutritional status through the precise measurement of body composition and energy metabolism. Her research is dedicated to exploring the prevalence and clinical implications of sarcopenic obesity (concurrent appearance of low muscle and high fat) in several conditions, particularly cancer. The focus of her current research program is to develop targeted nutrition interventions for the prevention and treatment of low muscle mass and sarcopenic obesity in patients with diverse conditions. She is currently the principal investigator of five randomized controlled trials investigating the impact of nutrition intervention on body composition and health. As a mid-career investigator, Dr Prado has published more than 242 articles plus additional 12 book chapters. Her h-index is 54 (Scopus) or 64 (Google Scholar; i-10 index: 153). She is also an Associate Editor for Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. Dr Prado is a past recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40, an award that celebrates exceptional young Canadian leaders of all sectors and has recently received the title of Most Powerful Women in Canada: Top 100. Dr. Prado has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, the highest academic honor in her country. Philip AthertonPhilip AthertonProf. Philip J Atherton is Chair of Molecular Medicine at the University of Nottingham, UK. Following a PhD in 2005, and BBSRC funded postdoc in 2007, he was awarded a personal Research Councils UK fellowship in 2009, before being promoted to associate and then full professor in 2017, with a diverse portfolio of physiology, metabolism, and endocrinology research. Prof. Atherton has been principal/co-investigator on grants to the tune of ∼£15 M from UK research councils, charities, industry, and EU sources. Prof. Atherton has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles (H-index of 67; >21,000 citations) and 7 invited book(s) chapters. He is a current member of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Populations & Systems Medicine Board (PSMB) and founding editor-in-chief of Physiologia. Karin AmreinKarin AmreinKarin Amrein, MD, MSc trained at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, including one Erasmus semester in Cagliari, Italy, graduating in 2001 as the youngest MD in Austria aged 21. Following this, Dr. Amrein started training in general internal medicine in Switzerland. In 2006, she made a detour to transfusion medicine at the Medical University of Graz, Austria, and developed an interest in clinical research, studying the effects of apheresis on bone health of blood donors. In 2008, Dr. Amrein moved to the Division of Endocrinology and was involved in several ICU trials on glycemic control. She now works as an internist and has a subspecialty degree in intensive care medicine and endocrinology/ metabolism. Dr. Amrein is the chief investigator for the VITDALIZE Study: Effect of High-dose Vitamin D3 on 28-day Mortality in Adult Critically Ill Patients (VITDALIZE), that now also recruits in several European countries including Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Her research interests are vitamin D in critical illness, hypoparathyroidism, bone metabolism in critical care and other settings, and donor health, specifically donation induced iron depletion (and its therapy) and the effects of apheresis on bone health. Henry C. LukaskiHenry C. LukaskiDr Lukaski is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Public Health Education at the University of North Dakota, USA. He is also a consultant to the US and international biomedical and nutrition communities. He served as Supervisory Research Physiologist, Research Leader and Assistant Center Director at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. His research focuses on the interaction of physical activity and micronutrients in humans, emphasizing iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, and chromium, to promote health and optimal function/performance. His work also includes development and validation of non-invasive methods to assess human body composition. He has published in peer-reviewed scientific literature including numerous book chapters, and edited books and special issues on sports nutrition and body composition, and public and professional policy statements. He made hundreds of invited lectures at universities, research institutes, and government, scientific and professional societies worldwide. Dr Lukaski is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the Human Biology Council and the Nutrition Society of Latin America. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, American Physiological Society, American Society of Nutrition, and British Nutrition Society. Dr Lukaski received numerous awards and recognition from the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and scientific/professional groups for his contributions to the fields of nutrition and physiology, and development of young scientists. Dr Lukaski currently is a member of three, and past member of five, editorial boards, and an editorial consultant for a variety of peer-reviewed journals in physiology, nutrition, medicine, and sport sciences. He is a member of the faculty for the Nutrition Diplomate Program of the International Olympic Committee, and has served and continues to provide service as an advisor in nutrition to many national and international health agencies and research organizations, including the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and International and US Olympic Committees. As an NIH pre-doctoral trainee, Dr Lukaski received his Master of Science and doctoral degrees in physiology and nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and was a Visiting Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA.

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