Dr. Navin Suthahar completed his medical degree (MD) in 2008, holds a PG-Dip (postgraduate diploma) in Cardiology, PG-Dip in Respiratory Medicine, and a MSc (masters) in Preventive Cardiology. His doctoral thesis in Cardiology (PhD) focused on novel aspects of heart failure biomarkers, including the overlapping effects of sex and fat distribution. He currently works as a scientist at the department of Cardiology in Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam (Netherlands) and has authored over 70 research items (H-index 18; i10-index 23). His research interests are 1) Obesity- and Sex-Related Aspects of Heart Failure 2) Cardiac Hormones and Biomarkers (Natriuretic peptides, BMP10, Troponins) and 3) The Cardiometabolic Secretome in Heart Failure and Its Comorbidities (Obesity, Ageing, Cancer).