| Name | Affiliation | Role | 
| Manuel C. Lemos, MD | Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilha | Clinical Investigator | 
| Duarte Pignatelli Almeida, MD, PhD | Deparment of Endocrinology, Hospital S João; Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto; CGC Genetics - Clinical and Research Institute | Clinical Investigator | 
| Maria João Ribeiro | Centro De Estudos de Doencas Crónicas (CEDOC); Departamento de Farmacologia, Lisboa | PhD Student | 
| Joano Sacramento |