Daniel Penela-Sánchez is a paediatric intensivist working in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain. He got his Medicine Degree by the University of Barcelona in 2015 and did the Paediatrics Residence in Hospital Sant Joan de Déu between 2016-2020. His research interests are now focused on infectious diseases, and especially viral respiratory infections in children. He is working on his doctorate relating to the role of nasopharyngeal microbiota in the severity of the genus enterovirus respiratory infections. He is a member of the Spanish Paediatric Intensive Care Society (SECIP) and the Spanish Paediatric Society (AEP).