Dr. Francesc Balaguer currently serve as the Chief of the Gastroenterology Department at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, coordinator of the GI Cancer High-Risk Clinic, and and Professor at the University of Barcelona. His research focuses on: 1) enhancing the clinical and molecular characterization of high-risk forms of colorectal cancer, such as Lynch syndrome and serrated polyposis syndrome; 2) developing dendritic cell-based cancer vaccines for Lynch syndrome; and 3) creating non-invasive biomarkers for the early diagnosis and prevention of CRC. To date, Dr Balaguer has published over 300 articles and have an h-index of 42 (Web of Science). He previously served as Secretary General of the Spanish GI Association (2016–2020), contributed to the Research Committee of United European Gastroenterology (UEG) and the Research Group of the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer (2021–2024), and is currently a member of the Council of the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours (InSiGHT).