Eugenio Rasio is a Professor of Medicine and an endocrinologist at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. He was Director of the Department of Nutrition (1982-1990), the Research Center of Notre Dame Hospital (1990-1997) and the Department of Medicine (1999-2003). His clinical research has focused on pituitary tumors, obesity and anorexia nervosa. Dr. Rasio is the author of more than a hundred scientific publications and his awards include the Danone lnstitute Prize for excellence in nutrition research in 2003. He is currently interim director of the Research Centre of the CHUM.