Emma is a NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics with special research interests in biliary atresia and acute liver failure.

Marina Aloi is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Women’s and Children’s Health, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, since 2019. Previously she worked as a Research Assistant in Pediatrics at Sapienza University. She received his MD in 1995 and her Ph.D. in 2010. Her research interests are mainly in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and she is involved in many national and international clinical trials in the field of IBD. She is a member of the ESPGHAN (European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition) and IBD Porto Group, ECCO (pediatric European Crohn’s Colitis Organization), and she has been treasurer of SIGENP.

Jorge Amil Dias, Portuguese, born in 1954, in Porto, Portugal. Graduated in Medicine in 1977 at Medical School of Porto. Paediatrician and Paediatric Gastroenterologist. Present positions: Chair elect of ESPGHAN PAC Member of the Working Group on IBD of ESPGHAN. Member of the WG on Eosinophilic GI Diseases Member of the WG of Endoscopy of ESPGHAN President of the Portuguese College of Paediatrics Consulting Editor for Journal of Food Allergy Associate Editor of Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases and Frontiers in Pediatric Gastroenterology Previous scientific and organizational positions: Head of the Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology Invited lecturer in Paediatrics at Medical School of Porto Chair of the Working Group on Eosinophilic Esophagitis of ESPGHAN Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2010-2013 Member of the Committee of Pediatrics of ECCO (PECCO). 2009-2011 Chair of the general Assembly of the Portuguese Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2006-2009 Member of the Council of the Portuguese College of Pediatric Gastroenterology 2005-2008 President of the Portuguese Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2003-2006 Membership Secretary of ESPGHAN 2001-2006 President of the Portuguese College of Pediatrics Member of the Committee for Molecular Medicine Master program, Medical School, Porto 2005-2012 Treasurer of ESPGHAN 2005-2012 Member of the Committee of Gastroenterology of ESPGHAN Present research interests: Acute Diarrhea and rehydration Inflammatory Bowel disease Eosinophilic GI Diseases Coeliac disease.