Francesco Landi is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Catholic University of Rome, School of Medicine. He is the chief of the Geriatric Internal Medicine Unit of the Geriatrics Department of the A. Gemelli University Hospital. He has been a visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Community Health. Contributions to advance scientific knowledge and medical practice include active involvement in research and the application to patient care. Main research interests are in geriatric assessment, nutritional problems, sarcopenia, models of health services for elderly care, and geriatric pharmaco-epidemiology. Prof. Landi serves as a President of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Geriatric Society, on the Editorial Board of several international geriatric journals, and as a peer reviewer for numerous international medical journals. He has acted as the Principal Investigator in many multicenter national and international trials. In addition, he is a member of national and international expert groups that work on guidelines in the field of nutrition, sarcopenia and functionality in older adults. Prof. Landi has over 300 peer-reviewed original papers in international medical journals, many of which are in the area of frailty and functional status of older people. He is particularly interested in the role of nutrition as part of the integrated care of older adults, and participated in the development of the European consensus on sarcopenia definition and diagnosis.

Prof. Schofield is a registered general nurse. She has worked in academia since 1992 in a number of institutions around the UK including Sheffield, Aberdeen, Greenwich and Anglia Ruskin. Prof. Schofield has maintained her clinical expertise in a number of ways including acting in the role as governor for Medway Foundation Trust, more recently as a vaccinator on the COVID programme for Dorset health and as a member of a number of pensioner forums including Chelsea and Westminster and Lewisham and a steering group member for Positive Ageing in London. Prof. Schofield is recognised in the field of Pain and Ageing and was invited to co-chair the Global year against pain in the vulnerable population and chaired the European Year against pain in the vulnerable population. She has recently been awarded a distinguished award for contribution to the field of pain and ageing by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). She is a member of the examination board for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine and on the curriculum development team for the European Diploma in Pain Nursing. She has been awarded an honorary Diploma in Pain Medicine in recognition of professional contribution. Prof. Schofield is an honorary Professor at Abertay University and Sheffield Hallam University.