Dr. Seungil Ro is Professor in the Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine. Dr. Ro teaches medical students and graduate students. Additionally, he trained 9 medical students, 12 MS/PhD students, 8 postdoctoral fellows, and 4 Research faculty and visiting scholars. Dr. Ro has published 75 articles, including 49 as the first or corresponding author, in high-impact journals such as Nature Genetics, Gut, and Gastroenterology. His work focuses on the genetic and epigenetic regulation of diabetes, gastrointestinal motility disorders, and cancers. Dr. Ro has delivered 81 invited talks at prestigious institutions in the U.S. and internationally, including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic, Stanford University, Nanjing University (China), Seoul National University (Korea), National Research Council Canada, and University of Melbourne (Australia). His Google Scholar H-index is 39. Dr. Ro have served as a reviewer in numerous journals, including Gastroenterology and PNAS, and served as an editor for 6 journals, including World Journal of Gastroenterology. He has also contributed 15 review articles. Dr. Ro's research aims to develop novel microRNA-based therapies for diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease, and gastrointestinal motility disorders. Dr. Ro's expertise encompasses epigenetic gene regulation, microRNAs, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver disease, and gastrointestinal motility disorders. Dr. Ro serves as an elder at a church.