Rafael Gabriel MD, PhD worked as the Head of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Instituto IdiPAZ, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid from 2004 to 2015 and Instituto IIS Princesa, Madrid from 2015 to the present. He has held the titles of Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, National School of Public Health, National Institute of Health Carlos III (Spain); Member Executive Board RIC (Red Española de Investigación Cardiovascular); and Coordinator at Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Prevención de Enfermedades Cardiometabólicas (IBERCARMEN). He is Visiting professor National Instiytute of Public Health (Mexico) and was Scientific Director for the Fundación para la Diabetes from 2006 to 2009, in Madrid, Spain.