Margarita Calonge, MD-PhD  Full Professor of Ophthalmology, Valladolid Medical School  Senior Clinical Scientist, IOBA (University Institute of Applied OphthalmoBiology) University of Valladolid (UVa) Valladolid, Spain 2. Education background including institution information and year of graduation (type and level of degree received).  Medical Doctor degree: 1983, UVa  PhD: Ocular Immunology. 1987, UVa  Ophthalmology Specialty. 1987: UVa-Hospital  Post-doctoral Research-Fellowship: Ocular Immunology. 1988: Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston.  Clinical-Fellowship in Ocular Immunology/Uveitis: 1989: Massachusetts Eye&Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston. 3. Work experience. Teaching: pre-graduate (Medical/Optometry School) and graduate students (IOBA’s master programs, PhD Inter-University Visual Sciences Program, Ocular Immunology Clinical Fellowship program.) Research: Ocular Surface Disease Research Group, director. Clinically: Ocular Immunology/Cell Therapy Units. 4. Current and previous research interests. Ocular surface inflammation (Dry Eye Disease, Ocular Atopy, Stem Cell Research), search for biomarkers of inflammation and its management through medical/stem cell-derived therapies. 5. Memberships of professional societies and awards received. I belong to 10 scientific societies. Of note: member of the Technical Advisory Group for Eye Care Interventions, World Health Organization (WHO).