Chantal Mathieu is Professor of Medicine at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. She is Chair of Endocrinology at the University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven. Prof. Mathieu received her medical degree and PhD at the University of Leuven, where she subsequently completed training in internal medicine and endocrinology. Prof. Mathieu’s clinical areas of interest include the organization of diabetes care, and she is involved in several clinical trials in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Her basic research is focused on the prevention of type 1 diabetes, effects of vitamin D on the immune system and diabetes, and functioning of the insulin-producing beta cell. Prof. Mathieu has authored or co-authored more than 330 peer-reviewed publications in international journals. She is a past associate editor and advisory board member of Diabetologia. In 2013, Prof. Mathieu received the prestigious InBev-Baillet Latour Prize for Clinical Research for her pioneering research on the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. She presently coordinates the INNODIA project on prevention and intervention in type 1 diabetes in Europe.

Dualities of interest: Chantal Mathieu has served on advisory panels, has been a speaker or received research support from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GSK, Intrexon, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche Diagnostics and Sanofi.