EASL Policy Dialogues S3 E2: World Liver Day – Join us in celebrating liver health on a global scale

Eduardo Lopez has been working as an Imaging Director at Fujifilm since 1994. After the diagnosis of his daughter, Mr. Lopez joined and became President of the Spanish Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency Patient Organisation (AELALD). This is the only patient organization in Europe devoted to this rare disease which mainly affects the liver. Eduardo is also a board member of the Catalan Federation of Rare Diseases (FECAMM) and a member of the New Born Screening group at the European Organisation for Rare Disease (EURORDIS).

Prof. Zelber-Sagi has graduated BSc in nutrition sciences from the Hebrew University and has 23 years of experience as a clinical dietitian with expertise in liver diseases, within the liver unit, at the Department of Gastroenterology Tel-Aviv Medical Center. She graduated with a Ph.D. in epidemiology and preventive medicine at the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. Since 2009, she has been a faculty at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences at the School of Public Health. Currently (in the past four years), she is the Head of the School of Public Health. Her research focuses on NAFLD epidemiology, prevention, and treatment combining nutrition, physical activity, weight reduction, and behavioral aspects. She was a member of the EASL Policy and Public Health Committee and the UEG Policy and Public Health Committee. She has published about 150 scientific papers and book chapters.