Paolo Pozzilli is Full Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome where he is Director of the Unit of Endocrinology & Diabetes and of the Post-Graduate School of Endocrinology & Metabolic Diseases. He is the coordinator of the PhD Program in Integrated Biomedical Sciences and Bioethics. He is also Professor of Diabetes at the Blizard Institute, St.Bartholomew’s and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.

His main research activities include the study of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and its complications, the introduction of novel treatments and the application of technology to the management of this condition. He participated in the design of algorithms for treatment of type 2 diabetes and is P.I. for Italy in several clinical trials in diabetes. For his research he is funded at present by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the EASD Foundation , the Italian Ministry of University and the Italian Ministry of Health. He is the recipient of several awards including among others, the Andrew Cudworth Memorial Award by Diabetes UK, the GB Morgagni Young Investigator Award by the Society of Metabolism, the Marie Kugel Award by the Juvenile Diabetes Research, Foundation, the Celso Prize by the Italian Diabetes Society and the Joseph Hoet Memorial Award for his contribution to the field of type 1 diabetes prevention.

Currently Editor of Diabetes Metabolism Research & Review, he has published 452 papers (Pubmed) in the area of diabetes and related fields.