Dr. José Manuel Hernández-Padilla qualified as a General Nurse in 2007. Dr. Hernández-Padilla completed a Master's Degree in Nursing Sciences in 2009, earning a PhD in Health Sciences at the University of Almería in 2014. He has worked for 8 years in different units and services of the Public Health System of Andalusia and private institutions in Spain and the United Kingdom. Between 2013 and 2017, he was a Lecturer at Middlesex University in London. Since 2017, he has worked at the University of Almería, where he holds an Full Professor position (since 2024). He has published numerous research papers and has participated in over a dozen funded research projects. Dr. Hernández-Padilla is Director of the Nursing, Physiotherapy and Medicine Department at the University of Almería from 2021.