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Graduate in Medicine by the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH) in Spain; specialist in Clinical Genetics with an European Certificate in Medical Genetics and Genomics (UEMS); and European Doctor PhD in Medicine with extraordinary award distinction.

At the healthcare, Consultant Medical Geneticist of the Navarra Public Health Service (SNS-O), and Consultant Clinical Geneticist of the North East and North Cumbria (NHS) Genomic Medicine Center in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2024.

As a researcher, Leader of the “Oncogenetics and Hereditary Cancer” research groups of the the Health Research Institute of Navarra, IdISNA, and Head of the Genomic Medicine Unit of Navarrabiomed. At the academy, Associate Lecturer of the School of Medicine of the Public University of Navarra in "Personalized Medicine” for Biotechnology, Science, Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, and Medical degrees.
In management and planning in the field of Personalized Medicine, he has been Chief Scientific Officer of the Personalized Medicine Strategy of Navarra Gov; secretary of the Personalized Medicine section of the Spanish Association of Human Genetics (AEGH); advisor to the Spanish Senate on the National Strategy in Genomic Medicine; member of the Executive Committee of the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine ICPerMed; and participant in the mirror groups for the 1 Million Genomes (+1MG) initiative of the European Commission
 

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Humberto Bustince is Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Public University of Navarre and Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham since 2017. He is the principal researcher of the Group for Artificial Intelligence and Approximate Reasoning. He is the author or co-author of more than 400 papers, according to Web of Science, in prestigious international conferences and journals, with nearly 200 published in first quartile of JCR. In addition, eight of these papers have been among the highly cited papers of the last 10 years according to Web of Science. He collaborates with leading international groups from countries such as the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, the USA or Brazil. He is also editor-in-chief of the online magazine Mathware&Soft Computing of the European Association for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT) and of the journal Axioms. He is a member of the editorial committees of the journals Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Information Fusion, International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems and Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE Association and a Fellow of the International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA). He has served as president of latter association since August 2023. He has been a member of Jakiunde since 2018.
Among his awards, mention should be made of the Cross of Carlos III the Noble granted by the Government of Navarre in 2017; the José García Santesmases National Computer Science Award 2019 and the EUSFLAT Scientific Excellence Award in 2019

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Mikel Izquierdo is a Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Health Sciences at the Public University of Navarra. He is also a Professor in the Master of High Performance Sport of the Spanish Olympic Committee. He was Head of the Research, Studies and Sports Medicine Unit of the Government of Navarra (2005-2010), a period during which he participated in the preparation of Olympic athletes in judo, handball and Basque pelota. He also collaborated with the football teams Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona, with whom he won two UEFA Champions League titles, as well as the Copa and the Spanish League.

He has led numerous research projects focused on biomechanics and the neuromuscular system, with particular interest in the effects of strength and muscular power training on athletic performance, aging, frailty, and populations affected by conditions such as diabetes and obesity.

Currently, he leads the Physical Exercise, Health and Quality of Life (E-FIT) research group at the Navarra Biomedical Research Center (NAVARRABIOMED) and is the principal investigator in the CIBER of Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES) of the Carlos III Health Institute. He has participated in projects funded by the European Commission, such as Mid-Frail (7PM) and DIABFRAIL-LATAM (H2020), and he coordinates as scientific director the European project VIVIFRAIL (www.vivifrail.com).

Since 2018, he has been an external advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) Healthy Aging Consortium, collaborating in the implementation of physical exercise programs for the prevention of frailty and falls globally.

He directed more than 40 doctoral theses in the field of physical activity and published more than 530 indexed articles (h-index of 105), accumulating over 55,000 citations. In the last decade, he has managed more than €2.5 million in funding for research projects. His most recent publications can be consulted at the following link: http://goo.gl/zaiGw8.
 

Maite Mendioroz Iriarte holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra (1996) she completed her specialist training in Neurology (MIR) from Donostia University Hospital. She completed her training at Vall d’Hebron- Institut de Recerca Hospital (2006-2010), where she defended her doctoral thesis cum laude at UAB (2010). Between 2010 and 2012, she specialized in neuroepigenetics as a Visiting Scientist at Columbia University (New York). Since 2010, she has been part of the medical team of the Neurology Service at Navarra University Hospital (HUN), where she was Research Coordinator between 2016 and 2022. Since 2013, she has led the NeuroEpigenetics Unit of Navarrabiomed, combining her clinical work with research on neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

She has participated in 26 research projects, serving as principal investigator in 11 (6 national and 5 regional). Her work has resulted in 107 scientific publications. She is a member of the ISCIII RICORS network of cerebrovascular diseases and to the national DEGESCO consortium.
 
She has tutored 12 neurology residents (2014-2019), led 5 doctoral theses, 5 master’s final projects, and 5 undergraduate projects. In addition, she was an associate clinical professor at the UNAV (2013-2022). Since 2022, she has served on the Management Committee of the EDONA Doctoral School of the UPNA.

Since 2022, she has been a member of the board of the Dementia Study Group of the Spanish Society of Neurology. She has evaluated projects for the State Agency for Research and participated in the CTEs of the ISCIII as a panel adjunct. Among her recognitions are the National Award Alberto Rábano (2011), her appointment as an Honorary Member of the European Council of Doctors (2018), the TELVA Science Award (2018), and her inclusion in the Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain ranking (2021).

In addition, she served as Director of Navarrabiomed–Miguel Servet Foundation between 2022 and 2024, consolidating her position as a leading researcher and specific manager in research and management in neuroscience and epigenetics.