Contributors

Tomas Ahern, Department of Endocrinology, St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin, Ireland

S. Faisal Ahmed, University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Glasgow, UK

Thankamma Ajithkumar, Department of Clinical Oncology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

Kyriaki S. Alatzoglou, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Sir K. George M. M. Alberti, Type 2 Diabetes Group, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK, and Diabetes UK, London, UK

K. J. Allen, The Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Stephanie A. Amiel, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

Nobuyuki Amino, Kuma Hospital, Center for Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kobe, Japan

Stig Andersen, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Bo Angelin, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Department of Medicine and Molecular Nutrition Unit, Center for Biosciences, Novum, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Alessandro Antonelli, Metabolism Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa

Aurora Aragon-Alonso, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, UK

Laleh Ardeshirpour, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Wiebke Arlt, Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (CEDAM), College of Medical and Dental Sciences, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK

Robert Arnott, Univeristy of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Anna Aulinas, Department of Endocrinology/Medicine and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBER-ER, Unidad 747), Hospital Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

John Ayuk, Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Usha Ayyagari, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK, and National Institute for Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK

Ricardo Azziz, Center for Androgen Related Disorders, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Michael N. Badminton, Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Cliff J. Bailey, Aston Pharmacy School, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Stephen C. Bain, Institute of Life Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK

H.W. Gordon Baker, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Sabapathy P. Balasubramanianh, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Adam Balen, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK

Stephen G. Ball, The Medical School, Newcastle University, and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle, UK

Anthony H. Barnett, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Christopher L. R. Barratt, Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Maternal and Child Health Science Laboratories, Centre for Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

Luigi Bartalena, Department of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Duncan Bassett, Molecular Endocrinology Group, Division of Medicine, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Paolo Beck-Peccoz, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Fondazione Policlinico IRCCS, Milano, Italy

Hermann M. Behre, Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Halle, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany

Srikanth Bellary, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK, and School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Finn N. Bennedbæk, Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sarah L. Berga, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

Ignacio Bernabeu, Endocrinology Section, Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain

Xavier Bertagna, Service des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Hôpital Cochin, Département Endocrinologie, Métabolisme et Cancer, Institut Cochin, and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Jérôme Bertherat, Service des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Hôpital Cochin, Département Endocrinologie, Métabolisme et Cancer, Institut Cochin, and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Rudi Beschorner, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Rachel Besser, Monogenic Research Group, Peninsula Clinical Research Facility, Peninsula Medical School/Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK

John Betteridge, University College London Hospitals, London, UK

John S. Bevan, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, and Department of Endocrinology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

John P. Bilezikian, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Stephen R. Bloom, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

Claire Bournaud, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon-1, and Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d’Endocrinologie-Diabétologie-Maladies Métaboliques, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France

G. Brabant, Department of Endocrinology, The Christie, Manchester, UK

Michael Brada, Neuro-oncology Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK, and Fulham Road, London, UK

Edward M. Brown, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Morris J. Brown, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Iain E. Buchan, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Henry G. Burger, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia

Gary Butler, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Endocrinology, University College London Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK, and UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK

J. V. Byrne, Department of Neuroradiology, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Ernesto Canalis, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Martyn E. Caplin, Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit, Centre for Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Cesare Carani, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio, Emilia, Italy, and Nuovo Ospedale Civile S. Agostino-Estense, Modena, Italy

Jean-Claude Carel, Endocrinologie Diabétologie Pédiatrique, INSERM U690, Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France

Marian Carey, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

Thomas O. Carpenter, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Felipe F. Casanueva, Department of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela University, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), and CIBER de Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutricion, Instituto Salud Carlos III, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Sophie Catteau-Jonard, Department of Endocrine Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Centre Hospitalier de Lille, France

Filomena Cetani, Department of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Pierre Chatelain, Université Claude Bernard, Groupe Hospitalier EST, Hôpital Mère–Enfant de Lyon, Service d’Endocrinologie and Diabétologie Infantiles, Bron, France

V. Krishna Chatterjee, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Moira S. Cheung, Molecular Endocrinology Group, Division of Medicine, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Shern L. Chew, Department of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK

Luca Chiovato, Department of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Pratik Choudhary, Diabetes Research Group, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

Adrian J. L. Clark, Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Orlo Clark, UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Fransisco, USA

P. E. Clayton, Endocrine Science Research Group, Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College London, London, UK

Karine Clément, INSERM, U872 Nutriomic team 7, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France

Cristina Colom, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre d’Atenció Integral Hospital Dos de Maig, Consorci Sanitari Integral, Barcelona, Spain

John M. C. Connell, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Gerard S. Conway, Department of Endocrinology, Institute for Women’s Health, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Andrew Cotterill, Departments of Paediatric Endocrinology, Mater Hospitals, and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Christopher T. Cowell, Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, The Children ‘s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia

David Cowley, Departments of Paediatric Biochemistry, Mater Hospitals, and Department of Pathology University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

George Creatsas, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

David E. Cummings, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, and Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, and Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Janine A. Danks, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia

Mehul T. Dattani, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Melanie C. Davies, Reproductive Medicine Unit, Institute for Women’s Health, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Melanie J. Davies, Vascular Medicine Research Group, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, and Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Terry F. Davies, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Julian R. E. Davis, Endocrine Sciences Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

W. W. de Herder, Department of Medicine, Erasmus Univerisity Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Leonard John Deftos, University of California San Diego, and San Diego VA Medical Center, San Diego, USA

Didier Dewailly, Department of Endocrine Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Centre Hospitalier de Lille, France

Waljit S. Dhillo, Department of Investigative Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK

Kevin Docherty, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, UK

Ines Donangelo, Pituitary Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

Franco Dondero, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Jacqueline Doyle, Clinical Psychologist, Institute for Women’s Health, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

W. M. Drake, The Christie, Manchester, UK

Ian F. Dunn, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Pamela Dyson, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

Richard Eastell, Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, Metabolic Bone Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Jakob Eberhard, Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Alison Edelman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA

Michael Edmonds, Diabetic Foot Clinic, King’s Diabetes Centre, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

Thomas Edouard, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France

George H. Elder, Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Rossella Elisei, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Charis Eng, Genomic Medicine Institute; Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare, Cleveland Clinic; and Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA

Mikael Englund, Cellartis AB, Dundee, Scotland, UK

Ulrike Ernemann, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Poupak Fallahi, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

I. Sadaf Farooqi, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Alan P. Farwell, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

R. A. Feelders, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Clodoveo Ferri, Postgraduate School of Clinical Immunology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Leon Fogelfeld, John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Section of Endocrinology, Chicago, USA

John V. Forrester, Section of Immunology and Infection, Division of Applied Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Medical Sciencess, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

A. V. M. Foster, Diabetic Foot Clinic, King’s Diabetes Centre, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

Jayne A. Franklyn, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Karin Frank-Raue, Endokrinologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Heidelberg, Germany

E. Marie Freel, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Dagmar Führer, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

John W. Funder, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia

John S. Fuqua, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, USA

Cécile Gallo, Department of Endocring Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, Centre Hospitalier de Lille, Lille, France

Loredana Gandini, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

James Gibney, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

Neil J. L. Gittoes, Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Linda C. Giudice, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

Andrea Giustina, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy

Aleksander Giwercman, Reproductive Medicine Centre, Malmö University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden

Helen Gleeson, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK

Apostolos I. Gogakos, Molecular Endocrinology Group, Division of Medicine, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

David Goltzman, Calcium Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Louis J. G. Gooren, Division of Andrology, Free University Hospital Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Stephen C. L. Gough, Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Antonio R. M. Granata, School of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, Faculty of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio, Emilia, Italy

Peter J. Grant, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Niels Grarup, Steno Diabetes Center and Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

Ristan Greer, Departments of Paediatric Endocrinology, Mater Hospitals, and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Simon Griffin, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Steven K. Grinspoon, MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism and Neuroendocrine Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Lionel Groussin, Service des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Hôpital Cochin, Département Endocrinologie, Métabolisme et Cancer, Institut Cochin, and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Peter Guest, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK

Catherine M. Guly, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK

Mark Gurnell, Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Bjorn I. Gustafsson, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Andrew P. Hall, Sleep Disorders Service, Division of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Saira Hameed, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

Maggie Sinclair Hammersley, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

David J. Handelsman, ANZAC Research Institute, and Department of Andrology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Torben Hansen, Steno Diabetes Center and Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

Barney J. Harrison, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Andrew Hattersley, Peninsula Clinical Research Facility, Peninsula Medical School, and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK

Laszlo Hegedüs, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Simon R. Heller, Department of Human Metabolism, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK

Geoffrey N. Hendy, Calcium Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada

David E. Henley, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia

Jacqueline K. Hewitt, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Raimund Hirschberg, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, USA

Ken K. Y. Ho, Pituitary Research Unit, Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

Humphrey Hodgson, Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit, Centre for Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Jürgen Honegger, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Eva Horvath, Department of Laboratory Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Roman Hovorka, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Trevor A. Howlett, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Claire Hughes, Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK

Andrei Iagaru, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, USA

Misa Imaizumi, Department of Clinical Studies, Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Nagasaki, Japan

Khalida Ismail, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK

James E. Jackson, Department of Imaging, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London

Jesper Johannesen, Department of Paediatrics, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark

Stephen Johnston, Breast Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

A. Kamischke, European Academy of Andrology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Ratzeburger, Lübeck, Germany

Beth Kaplan, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Janaka Karalliedde, Vascular Cell Biology and Inflammation Research Group, Cardiovascular Division, School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

Niki Karavitaki, Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

Joey M. Kaye, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia

Mark T. Kearney, Division of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Kamlesh Khunti, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester UK

Mark Kidd, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Abbas E. Kitabchi, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, Division of Endocrinology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

Ulrich A. Knuth, Endokrinologikum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Josef Köhrle, Institut für Experimentelle Endokrinologie und Endokrinologisches Forschungs-Centrum der Charité EnForCé, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Márta Korbonits, Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Kalman Kovacs, Department of Laboratory Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Gerasimos E. Krassas, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Panagia General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Jelena Kravarusic, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Nils Krone, Institute of Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Sumihisa Kubota, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuma Hospital, Center for Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kobe, Japan

Annie W. C. Kung, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

L.D. Kuvera, Centre for Endocrine and Diabetes Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Robert Lachmann, Charles Dent Metabolic Unit, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

Steven W. J. Lamberts, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Michael Lassmann, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Francesco Latrofa, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Peter Laurberg, Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Centre, Aalborg, Denmark

Edward R. Laws Jr, Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

John H. Lazarus, Centre of Endocrine and Diabetes Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, and Department of Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK

Sophie Leboulleux, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

Harold E. Lebowitz, Division of Endocrinology, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, USA

William L. Ledger, University of Sheffield, Academic Unit of Reproduction and Development, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Juliane Léger, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, INSERM CIC-EC05 U676, and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes de la Croissance, Robert Debré Hospital and University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France

Richard S. Legro, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

Andrea Lenzi, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Ronen Levi, Nephrology, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Michael A. Levine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA

Rossella Libè, Service des Maladies Endocriniennes et Métaboliques, Hôpital Cochin, Département Endocrinologie, Métabolisme et Cancer, Institut Cochin, and Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Uri A. Liberman, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Steven A. Lietman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Biomedical Research, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, USA

Stafford L. Lightman, Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience & Endocrinology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Siew Lim, CSIRO Human Nutrition, Discipline of Physiology, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Francesco Lombardo, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

David Lowe, The London Clinic, London, UK

C. Marc Luetjens, Covance Laboratories GmbH, Münster, Germany

Markus Luster, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Uniklinik Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Isla S. Mackenzie, Hypertension Research Centre, University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK

Jane R. MacKinnon, Department of Opthalmology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK

Eamonn R. Maher, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Birmingham, UK

Monica Marazuela, Endocrinology Section, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain

Claudio Marcocci, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Stefano Mariotti, Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Niamh M. Martin, Endocrine Unit, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

George Mastorakos, Endocrine Unit, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

David Matthews, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK, and National Institute for Health Research, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK

Krystyna A. Matyka, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, UK

Gherardo Mazziotti, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy

Christopher J. McCabe, Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

David R. McCance, Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

I. Ross McDougall, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California, USA

Paul G. McNally, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

Karim Meeran, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

Puja Mehta, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

Shlomo Melmed, Pituitary Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA, and David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Francesca Menconi, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Dieter Meschede, Praxis für Humangenetik, Köln, Germany

Dieter Mesotten, Intensive Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Acute Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Louise A. Metherell, Centre for Endocrinology, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Paula Midgley, Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Dan Mihailescu, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

Irvin M. Modlin, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Mark E. Molitch, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA

Michael Monteiro, Brighton and Sussex Medical School; and Gatwick Park Spire Hospital, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Horley, UK

Mauricio Moreno, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Primus E. Mullis, Paediatric Endocrinology/Diabetology and Metabolism, University Children’s Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

Robert D. Murray, Department of Endocrinology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

Shigenobu Nagataki, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

C. Nelson-Piercy, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

John P. New, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Hope Hospital, Salford, UK

John W. Newcomer, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

John Newell-Price, Academic Unit of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Eberhard Nieschlag, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

G. M. K. Nijher, Department of Investigative Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

Errol R. Norwitz, Yale University School of Medicine, and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Ebenezer Nyenwe, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

John O’Grady, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Ciara O’Hanlon Brown, Department of Oncology, Imperial College, London, UK

Stephen O’Rahilly, Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Donal O’Shea, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; Department of Endocrinology, St Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown; and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Yolanda C. Oertel, FNA Service, Pathology Department, Washington Hospital Center, Cancer Insitute, Washington, DC, USA

Wilma Oostdijk, Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jacques Orgiazzi, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon-1, and Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d’Endocrinologie-Diabétologie-Maladies Métaboliques, Groupement Hospitalier Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France

Furio Pacini, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Socrates E. Papapoulos, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Paolo Parini, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Nutrition Unit, Center for Biosciences, Novum, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Jong Chan Park, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA

L. Patel, University of Manchester, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK

Mark Peakman, Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK

Elizabeth N. Pearce, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Inge Bülow Pedersen, Department of Endocrinology and Medicine, Aalborg Hospital, Århus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Oluf Pedersen, Steno Diabetes Center and Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark

R. P. Peeters, Department of Endocrinology, Thyroid Laboratory, Erasums Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Nancy D. Perrier, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

Luca Persani, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Milan, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milano, Italy

Frank Petrak, LWL-Klinik Dortmund, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Dortmund, Germany

John Pickup, Diabetes Research Group, King’s College London School of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

Aldo Pinchera, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

E. Premawardhana, Centre for Endocrine and Diabetes Sciences, Cardiff University School of Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

Jackie Price, Public Health Sciences Section, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK

R. L. Prince, Department of Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, USA

Margit G. Proescholdt, Psychiatric Hospital, Division of Substance Use Disorders, University of Basel, Switzerland

A. Ramachandran, India Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India, and Dr A Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals, Chennai, India

R. Ramachandran, Department of Investigative Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK

Andrea Rapkin, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Friedhelm Raue, Endokrinologische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Heidelberg, Germany

David W. Ray, Endocrine Sciences Research Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Samantha J. Richardson, School of Medical Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Australia

Felix G. Riepe, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Endocrinology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Paul Riley, Molecular Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK

Vincenzo Rochira, Nuovo, Ospedale Civilie S. Agostino Estense, Unità di Endocrinologia, Modena, Italy

Martina Rodie, University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Glasgow, UK

Alan D. Rogol, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Virginia; Indiana University School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; and Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Claus Rolf, Klinik Norderney, Norderney, Germany

Stefano Romeo, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Stefan Rossner, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

R. Santen, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

Ferruccio Santini, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

David A. Savage, Genetic Epidemiology Research Group, Centre for Clinical and Population Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

David B. Savage, Univeristy of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Martin O. Savage, Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Philip Savage, Imperial College London, London, UK

Clark Sawin, Veterans Health Administration, Washington DC, USA^†

W. A. Scherbaum, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Martin Jean Schlumberger, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Endocrine Oncology, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France

Arthur B. Schneider, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

Matthias Schott, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Wolfgang Schulze, Department of Andrology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Michael J. Seckl, Imperial College London, London, UK

Robert K. Semple, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Markku Seppälä, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland

M. Guftar Shaikh, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK

James A. M. Shaw, Institute of Cellular Medicine (Diabetes)/North East England Stem Cell Institute, Newcastle University, and Newcastle Diabetes Centre and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Amna Sheri, Breast Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

Mark Sherlock, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, UK

Angela Shore, Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Hevitree, UK

Martin Silink, University of Sydney, Australia, and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia

Justin Silver, Nephrology and Hypertension Services, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

Shonni J. Silverberg, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

Matthew J. Simmonds, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

C. Snehalatha, India Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India, and Biochemistry Department, Dr A Ramachandran’s Diabetes Hospitals, Chennai, India

Eugène Sobngwi, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1; National Obesity Centre, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon; and Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle Biomedicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Parthi Srinivasan, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan, Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit, Centre for Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Olof Ståhl, Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden

Takara L. Stanley, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Paul Stewart, Department of Endocrinology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Jim Stockigt, Monash University, and Epworth and Alfred Hospitals, Melbourne, Australia

Helen L. Storr, Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK

Constantine A. Stratakis, Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Noboru Takamura, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Maïthé Tauber, Departement Lipoprotéines et Médiateurs Lipidiques, Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, and Unité d’Endocrinologie Pédiatrique, Maladies Osseuses, Génétique et Gynécologie Médicale, Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France

Helena J. Teede, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Australia

Massimo Terzolo, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, San Luigi Faculty of Medicine, Orbassano, Italy

Solomon Tesfaye, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK, and University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Rajesh V. Thakker, Academic Endocrine Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, and Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

George Tharakan, Section of Investigative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Gilbert R. Thompson, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

Jeannie F. Todd, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK

Anthony Toft, Endocrine Clinic, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK

Yaron Tomer, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the James J Peters VA Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Massimo Tonacchera, Department of Endocrinology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Andrew A. Toogood, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, UK

Christos Toumpanakis, Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit, Centre for Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Herman J. Tournaye, Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-speaking Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Peter J. Trainer, The Christie, Manchester, UK

Frank Tüttelman, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Nigel Unwin, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle Biomedicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Greet Van den Berghe, Intensive Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Acute Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

A. J. van der Lely, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A. S. Paul van Trotsenburg, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Acadmeic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Guy Van Vliet, University of Montreal, and Endocrinology Service, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Canada

Mark P. J. Vanderpump, Department of Endocrinology, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK

Yoo-Mee Vanwijngaerden, Intensive Care Medicine Research Group, Department of Acute Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Hilke Vervenne, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Giancarlo Viberti, Cardiovascular Division, King’s College London School of Medicine, Guy’s Hospital Campus, King’s College London, London, UK

Theo J. Visser, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Paolo Vitti, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Robert Volpé, Department of Medicine, The Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Canada^†

Thomas Vulsma, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Acadmeic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mike Wallace, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Marc Walter, Psychiatric Hospital, Division of Substance Use Disorders, University of Basel, Switzerland

Garry L. Warne, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

Leonard Wartofsky, Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

John A.H. Wass, Department of Endocrinology, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

Jonathan Waxman, Department of Oncology, Imperial College London, London, UK

Susan M. Webb, Department of Endocrinology/Medicine, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, and Hospital Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Anthony P. Weetman, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health, The University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK

Gerhard F. Weinbauer, Covance Laboratories GmbH, Münster, Germany

Ram Weiss, Department of Human Nutrition and Metabolism, Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University - Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

Erika F. Werner, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Michael P. Whyte, Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Metabolic Research, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Wilmar M. Wiersinga, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sarah Wild, Public Health Sciences Section, Centre for Population Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK

Bryan Williams, University of Leicester School of Medicine, and Leicester Blood Pressure Clinic, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK

Graham R. Williams, Molecular Endocrinology Group, Division of Medicine, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

Jan M. Wit, Department of Paediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Katie Wynne, Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

Bulent O. Yildiz, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, Ankara, Turkey

Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Mya Zapata, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Michael B. Zimmermann, The Human Nutrition Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland, and the Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Paul Zimmet, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia