Yolanda Peña-López, MD, PhD, MHA Global Health eCore, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Vall d’Hebron Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain I earned my Medical Degree with Extraordinary Honor from the University of Barcelona (2000) and received the Romero Professor Award for the highest score on the Spanish Medical Licensing Examination test. I completed my residency in Pediatrics (2005) and Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (2008). Member of the Infectious Diseases (core committee) and Renal Workgroups of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Intensive Care. Involved in Healthcare-associated infections surveillance in a nationwide Spanish (ENVIN) and European Network (HELICS). In 2014 I joined the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute and I completed my PhD about respiratory infections in children on mechanical ventilation and ventilator-associated events (VAE). The application of VAE in children as quality indicator is my current main line of research. Some of my work has been awarded by the Spanish Pediatric Cardiology Society and the Argentine Society of Intensive Therapy. ORCID 0000-0001-5381-4858