Gojka Roglic has received training as physician and epidemiologist at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Before joining WHO, Dr Roglic worked as a clinician and epidemiologist at the University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases in Zagreb, Croatia.

Dr Roglic joined WHO in 1999 and is the medical officer in charge of the WHO diabetes programme within the Department of Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, based in Geneva, Switzerland. She provides technical advice to member states on public health aspects of diabetes and is responsible for the development and update of WHO norms and standards related to diabetes