Raquel López-Mejías is a Tenured Researcher who received a biology degree in 2000 from the University of Madrid. She completed training in immunology at Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, during the period of 2004 to 2008. She obtained her PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2009. Subsequently, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Fundación Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla (IDIVAL) in Santander. During her postdoctoral stage, she was awarded two competitive research contracts from the Spanish Government. At present, she is co-leader of the “Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic bone diseases of the musculoskeletal system” of IDIVAL and Principal Investigator of two competitive projects supported by European Union FEDER funds and the Spanish Government. Her research is focused on the elucidation of molecular mechanisms involved in IgA vasculitis using a multi-omic approach. During her scientific career, she has participated in the publication of more than 83 papers in international peer-reviewed journals.