José Pedro De La Cruz, Ph.D, M.D. Full Professor of the Department of Pharmacology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Malaga. He has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Malaga (1982) and a Doctor of Medicine from said University (1985). Professor at the University of Malaga since 1982. His main line of research is the study of the prevention of ischemic cardiovascular diseases, especially at the level of thrombotic events and tissue damage in brain and retinal tissue in normal situations and in cardiovascular risk situations such as diabetes mellitus. He is the author of 110 scientific articles included in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Their publications reach an h index of 28. Member of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology.