**About the Editors**

**Michael Chourdakis** is an Associate Professor of Medical Nutrition–Hygiene at the School of Medicine of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He has a strong interest in clinical trials (e.g., Principal Investigator of MIntS, NCT02383329, European Coordinator for the RE-ENERGIZE Study, NCT00985205) and is also the co-author of over 85 original publications, is the editor of three books on Clinical Nutrition (including the Greek version of the ESPEN Blue book) and of several chapters in clinical nutrition books in Greek, English, and German. He is a reviewer for over 12 peer-reviewed journals and serves as an assistant editor of two peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of various national and international societies, currently serving as the President of the Hellenic Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (GrESPEN) and was the IT-Officer of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) between 2012–2017. He currently serves as the Guidelines' Officer for ESPEN (2020–24). He was a member of various national and international organizing and scientific congress committees and was the Chairman of the 1st Clinical Nutrition Congress held in Greece and the 24th ESPEN Course of Clinical Nutrition, which was held for the first time in Greece in 2017. He has participated as a lecturer and/or speaker in numerous national and international congresses/workshops/courses/LLL in more than 15 countries on 4 continents. Finally, he has been multi-awarded in 2017 and 2018 from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki for his outstanding performance in various domains such as publishing, funds gathering, etc.

**Emmanuella Magriplis** is an Assistant Professor in Nutritional Epidemiology & Public Health at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Greece. She has a strong interest in large epidemiological studies that investigate nutrition and health related diseases, mostly chronic diseases. She is the lead data analyst of the Hellenic National Nutrition & Health Survey (HNNHS). She has also collaborated on two other major studies including the European ATHLOS and an umbrella project PROgnostic Factor Evaluation—Systematic Searches, repOrting & Reviewing (PROFESSOR study). She simultaneously collaborates with the Hellenic Food Authority on public health prevention. Emmanuella Magriplis is a coauthor of 56 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, has contributed to the scientific editing and translation of five books, and has written three book chapters—all related to nutritional methodology, epidemiology, education, and public health nutrition. She is also a reviewer for more than 20 peer-reviewed journals and serves as a reviewing editor in two journals and has been a gues<sup>t</sup> editor in over three journal-specific Special Issues. She completed her basic degree in Nutrition and Dietetics (BSc, McGill University) during which she received eight major scholarships and awards, one of which was from the Government of Canada (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, NSERC), for academic excellence, having completed her studies at the top 15% of Canadian students in her field. She continued in the field of Epidemiology (MSc, University of London, LSHTM) gaining grea<sup>t</sup> expertise in Nutritional Epidemiology (PhD, Agricultural University of Athens, AUA).

Emmanuella Magriplis is currently affiliated with three universities other than the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA): Harokopio University, Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, and United Arab Emirates University. For 3 years she was also affiliated with the University of Oxford (Centre for Statistics in Medicine, CSM) and worked on developing optimal methodological approaches for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis data extraction. A specific research project based on this work was published, with regard to heart failure, in a peer-reviewed journal. Emmanuella Magriplis is also currently the course coordinator and lecturer of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition Education for undergraduate students. She also teaches Public Health Nutrition at the undergraduate and postgraduate level at AUA. She is also responsible for monitoring methodological and statistical research aspects for 5 Masters and 4 PhD students. Emmanuella Magriplis acts as a nutritional consultant for one of the largest Greek food manufacturing companies and is a member of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society and a board member of the Hellenic Nutrition Society. Emmanuella Magriplis has been recently elected as the vice president of a working group of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, entitled "Epidemiology & Atherosclerosis Prevention" and has been also chosen to represent Greece at the European Commission Task Force responsible for setting Maximum Amounts of Vitamins & Minerals in Food Supplements and Fortified Foods.
