Jose Tuñon is Head of the Department of Cardiology at Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Autónoma University, both in Madrid. He completed his MD at Oviedo University, and obtained his PhD at the Autónoma University in Madrid. He was educated as a Specialist in Cardiology at Fundación Jiménez Díaz in Madrid. He is Elect President of the Castilian Society of Cardiology, and Coordinator of the Basic research Group at the Sociedad Interamericana de Cardiología. He also served as a Nucleus Member of the Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology of the European Society of Cardiology in 2012-18. He has been the National Coordinator for the Odyssey Outcomes and AMPLITUDE trials. He is also the Principal Investigator of VITDAMI, an investigator-initiated trial to test the effect of vitamin D on ventricular remodelling after an acute myocardial infarction. He has obtained 28 competitive grants as PI, and is the author of more than 150 papers and book chapters in national and international journals, including Circulation, JACC, European Heart Journal, Stroke, Cardiovascular Research, Journal of Clinical Medicine, and Atherosclerosis (“h” index=44). He has delivered more than 200 lectures. He has been the supervisor of 18 completed Doctoral Theses.