Prof. Dr. Maria Morales-Suarez-Varela is a university professor at the University of Valencia (Spain) and a Doctor in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. She studied at the University of Córdoba (S. Spain) and holds an MD (1984) and a PhD (1987). She entered the University of Valencia in 1988 as a full professor until the present day. Her training took her to McGill University (Montreal, Canada), a Summer WHO Epidemiology course in Florence, Italy, with whom she continues working. She has completed a statistics course at IARC (Lyon, France), and a course at Rotterdam University, Holland on Epidemiology and Public Health. She obtained her Master's in Public Health at the University of Valencia (1992). She specializes in Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Dr. Peset Hospital (Valencia, 1994). She managed the unit of Clinical and Epidemiological Research as an epidemiologist from 1994-2006 at this hospital, which has become a Foundation (presently changing). Furthermore, she is a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine (Valencia), a referee for various journals, and collaborates with the Spanish Ministry of Health.