Professor Jochen Seufert is a Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetology and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology at the University Medical Centre in Freiburg, Germany. He completed his medical training in internal medicine, endocrinology, diabetology and gastroenterology at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, in 1989. He also spent a 3-year period at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University, Boston, USA, where he researched and tutored in internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism. Professor Seufert’s main research focus is the implementation of novel clinical treatment strategies of diabetes mellitus including novel agents and devices. He has published more than 250 articles in the fields of experimental and clinical diabetes research. He is the recipient of several research awards including the Merck Senior Fellows Award (Endocrine Society, USA), the Schoeller-Junkmann Scientific Award (German Endocrine Society), the Theodor-Frerichs Award (German Association for Internal Medicine) and the Ernst-Friedrich-Pfeiffer-Award (German Diabetes Association). He received the Hellmut-Otto-Medal of the German Diabetes Association in 2021. In 2011, Professor Seufert was awarded with membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE).