Jesús Argente is Professor and Director of the Department of Pediatrics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Director of the Department of Pediatrics, Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, and Director of the Laboratory of Research, Niño Jesús University Hospital Associate researcher, IMDEA Food Group leader of the Neuroendocrinology of Metabolism Group. He is a Full Professor and Director of the Department of Pediatrics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, and Director of the Laboratory of Research at the Niño Jesús University Hospital in Madrid, Spain, and is IP in the CIBER of Obesity and Nutrition, being the leader of the childhood obesity program. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Zaragoza and completed his pediatric residency at the Hospital Ramón y Cajal in Madrid and has worked at the Hospital Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris, France; the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, USA; and the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, USA. His main research interests include childhood obesity, the pathophysiology of human growth, puberty, eating disorders, and diabetes. He is past president of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) and past president of the Spanish Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (SEEP). He has obtained multiple national and international awards for his research.
