Itziar Fernández, PhD ­ Assistant Professor of Statistics, University of Valladolid (UVa), Valladolid, Spain ­ Research Associate at IOBA (University Institute of Applied OphthalmoBiology). UVa 2. Education background including institution information and year of graduation (type and level of degree received).  Statistics degree: 2002, UVa  Postgraduate course in Bioinformatics. 2009, Universidad Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain  PhD: Statistics. 2012, UVa 3. Work experience.  Teaching: pre-graduate (Medical / Nursing / Optometry / Mathematics / Statistics / Engineering School) and graduate students (IOBA’s master programs, PhD Inter-University Visual Sciences Program)  Research: Ocular Surface Disease Research Group and Retina Research Group, IOBA. 4. Current and previous research interests. Development and application of statistical methods in biology and medicine topics. Identification of biomarkers in ocular diseases.