Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice
Submission Deadline Extended – Now Open Until 24 July!
Good news! Due to high interest, the submission deadline for the Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice has been extended.
New Deadline: 24 July 2026
This is your final opportunity to showcase your research, share your findings with an international audience, and connect with leading experts in nutrition science.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
Instructions for authors are available online.
Register now to confirm your participation and connect with researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals through keynote lectures, scientific sessions, and networking opportunities.
For any inquiries, please contact us at nutrients2026@mdpi.com
the chairs
Dear Colleagues,
Building on the success of previous edition, we are delighted to announce Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice. This year’s event is supported by MDPI’s open access journal Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643, Impact Factor 5.8). Mark 22-24 October 2026 on your calendars, as we gather in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain.
This conference offers a vital platform for exploring the latest advancements in clinical nutrition, connecting cutting-edge research with practical applications. We will delve into the following key areas:
1. Personalized nutrition based on diet-gene interactions;
2. Innovations in clinical nutrition;
3. Novel dietary recommendations for specific chronic diseases;
4. Understanding the role of microbiota in clinical practice;
5. The potential role of AI in clinical practice;
6. Lifestyle and prevention of chronic diseases.
Researchers, food industry representatives, policymakers, and anyone interested in clinical nutrition's evolving landscape are invited to this enlightening event.
This conference will feature internationally renowned speakers and welcome submissions for oral presentations and posters across these impactful sessions. Presenters will be encouraged to submit full manuscripts for consideration in a Special Issue of Nutrients.
We hope to see you in the vibrant and exciting city of Barcelona in October 2026!
Kind regards,
Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. María-Luz Fernández, Editor-in-Chief of Nutrients
University of Connecticut, USA
Prof. Dr. Lluis Serra-Majem, Editor-in-Chief of Nutrients
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Dr. Francisco Jose Pérez Cano, Section Editor-in-Chief of Nutrients
University of Barcelona, Spain
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Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineJul 24, 2026
- Abstract acceptance notificationAug 14, 2026
- Conference Dinner Registration end dateOct 15, 2026
- Early bird registration deadlineAug 28, 2026
- Regular registration deadlineOct 15, 2026
- Covering author registration deadlineAug 28, 2026
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Clara Balsano
University of L’Aquila, Italy;
Prof. Clara Balsano is Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Head of the School of Emergency Medicine at the Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences of the University of L’Aquila. She is also Chief of the Geriatric Department, P.O. SS. Filippo e Nicola, Avezzano, where she created a specialized outpatient service for the management of chronic liver diseases.
She is President of the Francesco Balsano Foundation and is Co-founder and President of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Group on Artificial Intelligence (IBMAI), promoting the integration of artificial intelligence into biomedical research and clinical practice.
Prof. Balsano graduated cum laude in Medicine and Surgery from Sapienza University of Rome and specialized in Internal Medicine. She became Full Professor in Internal Medicine in 2006. She has held several leadership roles, including Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology at the National Research Council (CNR), and has coordinated national multicenter research initiatives.
Her research activity spans the field of artificial intelligence in medicine, hepatology, sarcopenia, virology, and immunology. Recently, her research has expanded to the application of machine learning, deep learning, and large language models (LLMs) in medicine, with a particular focus on the development of diagnostic and decision-support tools for the early detection and classification of liver pathologies. In parallel, she is actively involved in translational studies addressing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and its progression to hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as sarcopenia and frailty in older adults.
She has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications and collaborates internationally with leading academic and research institutions.
Dr. Maria Carmen Collado
National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Spain;
María Carmen Collado holds a PhD in Biotechnology (2005) and is a Full Professor at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC, Valencia, Spain) and Group Leader of the MAINbiotics Lab. Her multidisciplinary research spans microbiology, nutrition, and food science, with a focus on microbiota, probiotics, and health during pregnancy and early life. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, contributed to book chapters, and presented widely at international conferences. She currently leads national and European research projects (including ERC and Horizon Europe) and has supervised numerous PhD and MSc theses. She is actively involved in international scientific committees and evaluation panels and is a member of several scientific societies.
Prof. Dr. Dolores Corella
University of Valencia, Spain, CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Spain;
Dolores Corella is a full professor of preventive medicine and public health at the School of Medicine of the University of Valencia and principal investigator of the CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition. She has strong expertise in conducting epidemiological studies and integrating omics into the traditional epidemiological research of cardiometabolic diseases. Among the different lifestyle factors, she focused on diet, particularly the Mediterranean diet and has a pionner in the field of gene-diet interactions. She is currently focusing her research on the integration of different omics (genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics) and dietary factors in determining different aging phenotypes and biomarkers of diseases as well as on the improvement of epidemiological interventions to reverse cardiometabolic diseases and accelerated aging.
Dr. María Dolores del Castillo
Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC-UAM), Spain;
Dr. María Dolores del Castillo is a biochemist with a PhD in food science and technology. She received postdoctoral training in nutrition, health, and sustainability at the University of Reading, UK (Marie Curie Programme, EU), and Harvard Medical School, USA (Salvador Madariaga Programme, Spain). She is a senior research scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), based at the Institute of Food Science Research (CIAL, CSIC–UAM), and leads the Food Bioscience Group (link).
Her main research line is nutrition, health, and sustainability, focusing on promoting global nutritional security and sustainable health through interdisciplinary food system approaches. She was awarded the Margarita Salas Medal in 2023 for her outstanding contribution to research training. Her work integrates bioeconomy and co-creation concepts for better use of natural resources, aligning with the FAO 2030 Agenda and the European Green Deal goals.
She is editor-in-chief of Phytochemicals and Health Nutrients (MDPI) and author of the book ¿Qué sabemos de...? El café, and coordinator of major knowledge transfer reports, such as “Producing food without depleting the planet” (e-Nipo: 833-23-080-3) and “Sustainable and healthy nutrition” (e-Nipo: 833-23-078-5). She also co-edited New Foundations for a Sustainable Global Society (CSIC White Book).
Prof. Dr. Dario Gregori
University of Padova, Italy;
Dario Gregori is a full professor of medical statistics at the University of Padova. After graduating in Statistics at Pennsylvania State University (US), he received his PhD in Applied Statistics in 1995 at the University of Firenze. After being an Associate Professor at the University of Torino for almost 10 years, he moved to Padova in 2009. He is the Vice-Director of the residency program in Medical Statistics and Biometrics and Coordinator of the Ph.D. Program in Specialized and Translational Medicine “G.B. Morgagni” at the University of Padova. He is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and the Obesity Society.
His interests include clinical predictive modeling and machine learning algorithms for biomedical research, including the use of big data and wearable devices for primary and secondary prevention. He holds several grants in this field from national and international agencies. Among the most recent, he is the Principal Investigator for several framework contracts with EFSA and ECDC, the Statistical section of the 10th Edition of the IASLC (International Association for Lung Cancer Staging) staging program of Lung, Pleura and Thymus cancers, the European Society for Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) data environment, and the FISA (Fondo Italiano Scienze Applicate) for the development of a Federated Learning System for biomedical research.
Today, he has published 756 papers (12732 citations, H-index 56) and several books for national and international publishers.
Prof. Ji-Young Lee
University of Connecticut, USA;
Dr. Ji-Young Lee is a Professor and Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She holds a BS and an MS in Foods and Nutrition from Kyung Hee University, South Korea, as well as an additional MS and a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Lee completed her postdoctoral training in the Department of Pathology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where she investigated the role of ABC transporters in HDL metabolism and inflammation in the context of cardiovascular disease. Lee is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the American College of Nutrition. Her research focuses on identifying molecular mediators involved in energy metabolism, inflammation, and fibrogenic signaling pathways, with a particular emphasis on how dietary factors—such as blue-green algae, berries, carotenoids, and NAD precursors—modulate the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and alcohol-related liver (ALD) disease using advanced molecular techniques and bioenergetics tools in cell and animal models. Additionally, Lee’s research further explores the role of class II histone deacetylases, particularly histone deacetylase 4 and 9, through cell type-specific deletion, in the development of MASLD and ALD.
Prof. Dr. Luis Alberto Moreno Aznar
University of Zaragoza, Spain;
Luis A. Moreno is a Professor at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). He completed his training as a Medical Doctor and his PhD thesis at the University of Zaragoza. He studied Human Nutrition and Public and Community Health at the University of Nancy (France). He has participated in several research projects supported by the Spanish Ministry of Health and the European Commission (HELENA, IDEFICS, EURRECCA, ENERGY, ToyBox, iFamily, Feel4Diabetes, DigiCare4You, GrowH!, Zero_Hidden_Hunger and eProbes). He has published more than 900 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is the coordinator of the GENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) research group at the University of Zaragoza. He is a former member of the ESPGHAN Committee of Nutrition and former President of the Spanish Nutrition Society. His H-index is 106. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2018 and 2019.
Prof. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Yale School of Public Health, USA;
Dr. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla is a professor of public health and director of the maternal and child health promotion program at Yale University. He completed a PhD in nutrition and a postdoc in early childhood development at UC Davis. His three-decade-long research program has led to advances in food security, maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, as well as child development outcomes, across the globe. He has served as senior scientific advisor to UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and governments across world regions. He was elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2019 and named a Distinguished Fellow from the American Society for Nutrition in 2025. He has contributed to three Lancet Series focusing on early childhood development, breastfeeding, and maternal food insecurity and has published over 380 peer-reviewed articles. He is co-Editor-In-Chief of the Maternal and Child Nutrition journal and Deputy Editor of Current Developments in Nutrition. He has delivered over 450 invited lectures and has supervised over 100 postgraduate students from all over the world.
Prof. Dr. Jaime Uribarri
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA;
Dr. Jaime Uribarri is a practicing nephrologist and clinical investigator in NYC. He has worked at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, since 1990, where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Renal Clinic and the Home Dialysis Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital. In parallel with his clinical activities, Dr Uribarri has been very active in clinical investigation for more than 40 years. His main areas of research have been on acid-base and fluid and electrolytes disorders as well as nutrition in chronic kidney disease and diabetic patients. He has published well over 200 peer-reviewed papers and written many chapters in books. He has lectured extensively on these research topics in New York City as well as in national and international meetings.
He has edited a book on dietary AGEs and co-edited a book on dietary phosphorus published by the CRC Press and another one on nutrition, fitness and mindfulness published by Humana Press. He serves as an ad hoc referee for numerous nutrition, medical and other scientific journals and he is an active member of several health organizations and professional national and international associations.
Dr. Francisco J. Perez Cano
Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;
Francisco J Pérez-Cano completed his bachelor's and master’s degree in Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona. He completed his PhD at the Center for Immunology at the University of California-Irvine in 2004. He is currently a permanent associate professor in the Department of Physiology, University of Barcelona, teaching subjects in the Pharmacy, Food Science and Technology, Human Nutrition, and more. He completed post-doctoral training at the University of Reading (UK). He participated in over 50 research projects. Francisco has more than 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, a book, and several chapters in the field. Francisco’s research interests include Immunonutrition in early life. His current line of research is focused on the effect of prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, and their combinations on the neonatal immune system and the impact of maternal diet on immunity programming. Dr. Pérez-Cano is the director of the Research Institute for Nutrition and Safety-UB (INSA-UB), Ambassador of the Spanish Society of Immunology (SEI), and Section Chief Editor of “Nutritional Immunology”.
- 1. Personalized nutrition based on diet-gene interactions
- 2. Innovations in Clinical Nutrition
- 3. Novel dietary recommendations for specific chronic diseases
- 4. Understanding the role of microbiota in clinical practice
- 5. The potential role of AI in clinical practice
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Barcelona
Barcelona is the capital and largest city of Catalonia and is Spain's second-largest city, with a population of over one and a half million people.
Located on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, this city has a rich and diverse history, with its roots dating back to Roman times. The fruitful medieval period established Barcelona's position as the economic and political center of the Western Mediterranean. The city's Gothic Quarter bears witness to the splendor enjoyed by the city from the 13th to the 15th centuries.
The 20th century ushered in widespread urban renewal throughout Barcelona, culminating in its landmark Eixample district, which showcases some of Barcelona's most distinctive Catalan art-nouveau, or modernista, buildings. The Catalan Antoni Gaudí, one of the most eminent architects, designed buildings such as La Pedrera, the Casa Batlló, and the Sagrada Família church, which have become world-famous landmarks.
In 1992, Barcelona gained international recognition by hosting the Olympic games, which brought about a massive upturn in its tourism industry. For visitors, this has translated into the very modern yet incredibly old city you see now in the 21st century, where new elements work to both preserve and celebrate the city’s heritage and origins.
Barcelona has plenty of outdoor markets, restaurants, shops, museums, and churches. The city is also very walkable, with an extensive and reliable Metro system for more far-flung destinations.
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