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About: She holds a PhD in Medicine from the University of Barcelona and is a specialist in allergology from the Vall d'Hebron Hospital. She belongs to the InOIA research group (Research in Olfaction, Immunology and Allergy) and is the coordinator of the Olfaction Unit in the Allergology Service of the Terrassa University Hospital in Barcelona. She meets the criteria of "emerging researcher" and is the winner of multiple and important awards. She has a Master's degree in "Hospital Management" and experience abroad as a Fellow in Pediatric Allergology at Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London. She is currently the vice president of the rhinology and allergic conjunctivitis committee of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Immunology (SEAIC), she has also been the secretary of the cutaneous allergy committee of the Catalan Society of Allergology and Immunology (SCAIC), and is a member of the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology (SEORL). She has extensive experience in publishing capacity and in research from recognized groups that endorse her quality and power of scientific dissemination. Recently named academic of merit by the perfume academy and professor at the International University of Catalonia, as well as teacher of the Master of Rhinology at the International University of Andalusia. She has been invited as a speaker nationally and internationally. She is the author of numerous book chapters, clinical guides and articles in prestigious national and international scientific journals. Her main line of research merges two very prevalent conditions in the population: allergic pathologies with an early onset, which tend to become chronic, and olfactory dysfunctions that generate a great impact on the quality of life of patients with a close relationship with nasosinusal inflammation (allergic rhinitis, nasal polyposis, respiratory disease exacerbated by taking anti-inflammatories, biological treatments), post-viral infections (SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses), head trauma and neurodegenerative diseases. The creation of the Olfactory Unit in the Allergology Service and the InOIA group has made it possible to consolidate this firm line of research and collaborate with other specialties, as well as generate synergies with other groups, globally promoting talent in the National Health System.