Alfredo José Perales Marín, MD, PhD, Master in Biostatistics Honorary Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology University Valencia. Ex-Chairman of the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic “La FE”, Valencia, Spain. Former Director, Dept. of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Valencia. Research fellow at UTHSC in Dallas (6 months); Centre for Surgical Technologies, Fetal Medicine Unit, Katolieke Universiteit Leuven (3 months); research associate at the Cerebral Circulation Research Centre in Valencia (6 years). H index 36, more than 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals (Perales A and Perales Marin A). The main research areas of interest are: Perinatology, Umbilical cord stem cells, Prematurity, Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Electrohistography, Maternal-fetal medicine, and HIV. Research grants 26. Director of 25 PhD projects. Evaluator of national research agencies: Spanish ANEP (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva) and Uruguayan Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII). Reviewer of AJOG, AJOG MFM, EJOG, Hypertension, Hypertension in Pregnancy, Early Human Development, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.