Dr. Antonio E. Civitarese is considered an expert in nutrition, weight loss, biopharmaceutical, and supplement development with two PhDs in Nutrition and Endocrinology, and Biotechnology from Deakin University, Australia. In his most recent positions, he was Global Scientific Director for Metabolic Diseases (obesity, diabetes and heart disease) at Novo Nordisk and currently works as a Sr Medical Director in Metabolic and Genetic Disease for a San Diego Pharmaceuticals Company.

In 2005, he was awarded the American Diabetes Association Scientific Meeting Young Investigator Award for his work on hormone signaling in skeletal muscle. In 2006, he was recognized as one of the World’s four best Obesity Researchers from the International Association for Obesity Society Investigator Award, and in 2007 he received the Stock Conference Young Investigator Award for his work in diabetes. Dr. Civitarese ensures the Simplr Health protocol is always evidence based and guided by the most up-to-date science.