Professor Damir Sapunar is a full professor at the University of Split School of Medicine, where he earned his MD and PhD from the University of Zagreb. He completed postdoctoral training at the Medical College of Wisconsin and held a visiting fellowship at the University of Leicester. He helped establish medical schools in Split and Mostar, led the Department of Histology and Embryology, and served as Vice Dean for Education. Founder of the Laboratory for Pain Research and the TRIBE postgraduate program, he promotes excellence in translational medicine. In 2022, he initiated the Giving Voice project to support Ukrainian scientists, and since 2023, he has served on the Executive Committee of ORPHEUS. His research focuses on peripheral mechanisms of neuropathic pain, and he has published over 150 scientific papers in international journals.