ederico Martinón-Torres is pediatrician and clinical researcher, and obtained his medical degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1995, getting his PhD in 2005. Coordinator and head of Pediatrics and Director of Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Hospital Clínico Universitario and Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Santiago, he’s also member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Galicia. He runs the Genetics, Vaccines, Infections and Pediatrics Research Group on vaccines and infectious diseases at the Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago. He has received the Best-in-Class award for infectious diseases unit (2018, 2019 and 2020) and Zendal international research award (2020). Member of the WHO European Technical Advisory Group of Experts on immunization, he coordinates the WHO Collaborating Centre in Spain for vaccine safety. He authored over 300 articles, seven books and 160 book chapters and is coordinator or lead investigator in 40 ongoing trials and research projects and member of over 20 international societies. He currently coordinates the Spanish Network of Pediatric Clinical Trials and co-coordinates the Translational Research Network in Infectious Diseases.