Odd Erik Johansen is a medical doctor working as a global clinical development lead at Nestlé Health Science in the area of cardiometabolism testing novel interventions to help control cardiovascular risk factors and brain health. Prior to joining Nestlé Health Science, he worked at Boehringer Ingelheim, where he was the medical lead for several cardiovascular outcome trials over the last decade (EMPA-REG OUTCOME®, CAROLINA® and CARMELINA®) and at a cardiology/endocrinology hospital department in Norway; where he still is affiliated as a post-doctoral researcher and is supervising PhD candidates. He obtained his MD from the University of Tromsø, Norway (1999) and his PhD in Cardiovascular Diabetology from University of Oslo, Norway (2007). He has given numerous oral and poster presentations at scientific meetings (including ADA, EASD, AHA, ASN, Obesity Week) and published > 100 peer-reviewed papers in the field including in N Engl J Med, JAMA, Diabetes Care, Eur Heart J.