Annalisa Schiepatti is a researcher with the faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pavia, Pavia Italy. Her major areas of research include coeliac disease and its complications, Whipple’s Disease and other rare enteropathies causing severe malabsorption. Professor David Sanders is Professor of Gastroenterology at The University of Sheffield and an NHS consultant based in The Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He is the current Chair of the Coeliac UK Health Advisory Council, BSG Council Member and President of the International Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ISSCD). He is a medical doctor, international researcher and author with a longstanding clinical and research experience in the field of coeliac disease and gluten-related disorders.