Thomas Pieber is Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology at the Department of Internal Medicine at Medical University of Graz in Austria. He is also Director of the Institute HEALTH – Institute for Biomedical Research and Technologies at Joanneum Research in Graz and founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of CBmed, a competence centre for biomarker research. His research includes diabetes, obesity and biomarker research in oncology and cardiovascular disease, including strategies for disease prevention and healthy aging. Thomas Pieber was and currently is lead principal investigator (PI) in several international study groups and multicenter trials funded by the EU Commission and foundations from USA.