María-Rosa Bernal-López is currently a Senior Researcher in the Internal Medicine Department at the Regional University Hospital of Málaga. She holds a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, specializing in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. As an expert in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology techniques, she studies the mechanisms of action of biomarkers that participate in different metabolic pathways such as lipid metabolism, inflammation, and apoptosis in the cardiac and peripheral vascular systems of patients with atherosclerosis, obesity, and diabetes. On the other hand, she collaborated with the Endocrinology and Nutrition group at the Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital in studies that analyze the intestinal microbiota and its relationship with diet and obesity.