Juan José Gagliardino is member of the BRIDGES Executive Committee. He is the Director of CENEXA (Centro de Endocrinología Experimental y Aplicada), La Plata, Argentina, which depends on the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas La Plata; CENEXA is also a PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Diabetes.