Author biographies of EIC’s choice

Dr.Anthony Rosenzweig is a cardiologist and physician-scientist who currently serves as a professor of Medicine and the inaugural Director of the Institute for Heart and Brain Health at the University of Michigan,USA.His prior leadership positions include having served as Chief of Cardiology and Co-Director of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at Massachusetts General Hospital,Paul Dudley White Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School,and inaugural Director of the Program in Cardiovascular Gene Therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital,USA.Dr.Rosenzweig’s research focuses on heart failure and understanding how exercise promotes cardiovascular health.Recently,his work has encompassed common pathways in heart and brain biology.His prior awards and honors include election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians,an Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute,as well as an American Heart Association Merit Award.

Dr.Wen-Bin Zou is a physician scientist and an associate professor at the Department of Gastroenterology of The First Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University,Shanghai,China.He received a doctor degree in clinical medicine from Second Military Medical University.His interests include molecular,genetic,and clinical research into pancreatic diseases,development of novel endoscopic technique and equipment.He has published more than 70 scientific publications in SCI journals and served as a guest editor for several journals.Dr.Zou is a member and secretary of Chronic Pancreatitis Group of Chinese Medical Doctor Association,and a member of Gastroenterology Equipment and Technology Committee of China Association of Medical Equipment.

Dr.Boyi Dai is a professor in the Division of Kinesiology and Health at the University of Wyoming,USA.Dr.Dai received his undergraduate (2007),master’s (2009),and Ph.D.(2012) degrees from Beijing Sports University,China,Iowa State University,USA,and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,USA,respectively.Dr.Dai utilizes motion,force,electromyography measurements,and musculoskeletal modeling to study the biomechanics of sports and occupational injuries,focusing on understanding and preventing anterior cruciate ligament ruptures,low back injuries,and falls.Dr.Dai has published over 70 journal articles and received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to support his research.Dr.Dai serves as an associate editor forSports Biomechanicsand an editorial board member forBMC musculoskeletal disordersandResearch in Sports Medicine.

Dr.Alejandro Pérez Castilla is an associate professor in the Department of Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences,University of Almería,Spain.He is a member of the Sport Research Group (CTS-1024) since 2012.He obtained a degree in Sports Science (2015),a master’s degree in Physical Education(2016),a master’s degree in Sport and Physical activity (2017),and a Ph.D.in Biomedicine (2020) from the University of Granada,Spain.He has published over 100 scientific papers,which have received more than 2000 citations since 2018.His main research interests include the refinement of physical fitness assessment procedures as well as the optimization of contemporary training methodologies.