Mehul Dattani is Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology based at the University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, and was Specialty Lead in Endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) between 2006 and 2023. He has an active clinical practice in pediatric and adolescent endocrinology at GOSH and University College London Hospitals (UCLH). He completed a 3-year term as Chair of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (2010–2013), followed by a 7-year term as Chair of the Programme Organizing Committee and as member of the Council of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE). He is the Convenor/ Host of the Annual meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology for 2024, and hosted the ESPE2021 Online Annual meeting. He has also served as co-Chair of the Pituitary Main Thematic Group of the ENDO-ERN initiative until December 2020.Professor Dattani’s primary research interest lies in unravelling the molecular basis of hypothalamopituitary disease. He has identified novel genes implicated in hypothalamo-pituitary development in patients with congenital hypopituitarism and related disorders. He has more than 300 publications spanning all areas of pediatric endocrinology, including original articles and scholarly reviews in a number of high impact journals, as well as numerous book chapters. He has an H index of 73 with 18,712 citations (Google scholar, February 2024). He sits on numerous advisory boards and editorial boards of journals. He has previously received the ESPE Henning Andersen award (on two occasions), RCPCH Donald Paterson Award, the Kalaitzoglou Prize from The Hellenic Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, the 2022 Visionary award from the Human Growth Foundation, and the 2022 ESPE Research Award for his scientific work. He has co-authored three textbooks to date, including the 7th Edition of Brook’s Clinical Paediatric Endocrinology. He has recently been awarded the Fellowship of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences.Mohamad Maghnie, PhD in Pediatric Endocrinology, is Professor of Pediatrics, Head of the Pediatric Clinic, Clinical Service in Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Giannina Gaslini Institute, and Vice-Director of the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health—DINOGMI, University of Genoa, Italy. He is currently a Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at the University of Genoa, Italy, and the supervisor of several postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows working in his research group. Professor Maghnie is a former President of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED, 2011–2015), former Chair of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) (2004–2008), a co-author of Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology (2004–2009), and former member of the ESPE Summer School Steering Committee (2010–2013). Professor Maghnie is currently the President of the European Achondroplasia Forum and the Coordinator of the Corporate Liaison Board of the ESPE.Professor Maghnie received national and international award of excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology including “Rina Balducci” Award of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (SIEDP/ISPED), “Georgio Kalaitzoglou Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Hellenic Society For Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Athens, and “Premio Cacciari” Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Bologna 2023. Professor Maghnie’s major research interests include growth disorders and their treatment and the management of pediatric pituitary disorders. He has authored over 300 original articles, textbook chapters, and scholarly reviews in a number of high impact journals, as well as numerous book chapters. He sits on numerous advisory boards and editorial boards of journals and has PUBMED H-Index 61 Citations 12,338 (June 2024; http://scholar.google.it/citations).
