Prof. Moira S. Lewitt is a professor in interprofessional learning and practice at the School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland. She has received a Master in Medical Education from the University of Dundee and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Open University. Her Ph.D. degree was from the University of Sydney. She is an active researcher in the insulin-like growth factor field, in particular in the role of insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins in growth and metabolism, in health and disease. Her postdoctoral work was supported by a career development award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (International) and an RD Wright Research Fellowship from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. She worked in clinical practice as a consultant physician, and Head of Diagnostic Endocrinology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, and then moved to Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, in 1999, first as a visiting professor (Wennergren Foundation) and them as a senior researcher and docent (associate professor) in endocrinology. She has 86 publications with more than 2500 citations (ResearchGate, 29 March 2024). Her current research activities include research into higher education: professional identity and learning for interprofessional practice, the role of the insulin-like growth factor system in health and disease, and performance philosophy.

Dr. Gary W. Boyd is a lecturer at the School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland. He has 30 publications with more than 1300 citations (ResearchGate, 29 March 2024) and an h-index of 7. He is currently looking at the effects of common dietary supplements, such as the branched-chain amino acids, on intestinal alkaline phosphatase. In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. His work contributes towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 3: Good health and well-being). His areas of academic expertise include mutagenicity, PCR, pharmacology, cancer biology, cancer research, mutagens, carcinogens, the Ames Test, receptor biology, the effects of dietary supplements on intestinal enzymes, cell biology, pharmacology, and biochemistry.