Eugenio Gaudio is Rector of Sapienza University since November 1, 2014. Since April 20, 2020, he is Counselor for the Ministry of University and Research for the health education field and relationships with the National Health Service. From October 2019 to March 2020, Rector Gaudio was President of Civis - A European Civic University, the new European university that brings together ca. 400,000 students and 55,000 faculty and technical-administrative personnel. Prof. Gaudio has a degree in Medicine and Surgery obtained from Sapienza University in 1980 and a master's degree in Internal Medicine (1985). After conducting research on Human Anatomy at Sapienza University from 1983 to 1986, Prof. Gaudio began teaching at the University of L'Aquila in 1987 and served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery from 1997 to 2000.

In 2000, Prof. Gaudio returned to Sapienza as a Professor of Human Anatomy and began coordinating the PhD programme in Experimental and Clinical Hepatology (now Experimental and Clinical Hepato-Gastroenterology). Since 2011, Prof. Gaudio has coordinated the degree programme of the International Medical School. From 2008 to 2010, Prof. Gaudio was also Director of the Department of Human anatomy. Since 2010, he has been President of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine and President of the Permanent Conference of Italian Faculties and Schools of Medicine and Surgery. Eugenio Gaudio is the author of over 500 scientific publications on issues addressing liver structure and ultrastructure, experimental and clinical hepatology and microcirculation, most of which have been published in leading international journals.