Vincenza Spallone (MD, PhD) graduated in Medicine and obtained her board certification in Endocrinology and PhD in Endocrinological and Metabolic Sciences from the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. She was Assistant and Aggregate Professor of Endocrinology until 2018 in the Department of Systems Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata and since 2018 she has had the honorary rank of “Docens Turris Virgatae”, teaching Endocrinology at the degree courses of medicine, postgraduate and master Courses at the same university. Since 2019, she has been Honorary Professor at the State Institution V Danilevsky Institute for Endocrine Pathology Problems of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. She has been a panel member and external examiner in PhD courses. She has been tutor and main supervisor of more than 45 final theses at degree and PhD level and of research activities of numerous junior researchers. Her own research is focused on diabetic neuropathy, on the multifaceted expression of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN), with pioneering studies on CAN impact on kidney function and blood pressure circadian rhythm and on standardization of CAN testing, and on the epidemiology, clinical impact, and diagnosis of painful diabetic neuropathy with validation of DN4. Her research activities have resulted in more than 374 published works (articles, chapters, books, and abstracts) in journals such as Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, Diabetes, Clinical Science, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery Psychiatry, Pain, and Diabetes and Metabolism. She was a principal Investigator in 20 university funded research projects and international clinical trials. She was the winner of the Valsalva Lecture Award of the Italian Society for Neurovegetative Research. She is the present Chair of NEUROdiab (Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group). She was also the Chair of the Neuropathy Study Group of the Italian Society of Diabetology and a member of the Executive Committees of the following societies: EASD Neuropathy Study Group (NEURODIAB), the Italian Society for Neurovegetative Research and the Italian Society of Diabetology. She has been a member of the editorial board of Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases and now she is Academic Editor of the Journal of Diabetes Research and Review Editor of Frontiers in Neuropathic Pain. She has been a reviewer for more than 170 articles for 32 journals. She has been Chair of Review Committee of European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes and of the Consensus Panel of the Diabetic Neuropathy Study Group of the Italian Society of Diabetology and the lead author of their 2011 Recommendations on cardiovascular tests in diabetic autonomic neuropathy. She was a member of the Toronto Consensus on Diabetic Neuropathy and the lead author of their 2011 guidelines on CAN. She was also a member of the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation. She has been Chair and invited speaker at more than 135 meetings and was the Scientific Director for two e-Learning programs of Italian Society of Diabetology on the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. She is also Expert Reviewer of the e-Learning course on Diabetic Neuropathy of EASD.