Full professor in Clinical Pharmacology Abstract of the CV: Dr Emilio J. Sanz is MD (1981) and PhD (1983) in Medicine from the University of La Laguna (ULL), DEA (Advanced Studies Diploma) in Social and Cultural Anthropology (Philosophy) from the University "Rovira i Virgili" (URiV) de Tarragona, Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology (1988), and Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the School of Medicine of ULL, where he has been a teacher since 1982. He served as Dean from 2008 until October 2015, when he stepped down and assumed the Director position in the Department of Physical Medicine and Pharmacology until February 2020 (when his term ended). From April 2019 until January 1, 2025 (when he resigned), he served as Head of the Clinical Pharmacology Service at the University Hospital of the Canary Islands (as a "Profesor Vinculado"). His main research areas include Pharmacovigilance and Drug Epidemiology, especially in Psychopharmacology and Paediatrics, as well as medical anthropology (the cultural role of drugs in society) and Bioethics. From 1986 to 1988, he conducted a post-doctoral stay at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 1989, he has participated in and co-directed several European projects on social and cultural aspects of drug use, using qualitative methodologies, in four projects coordinated with ten other countries in the European Union. As a result of this work, he has published and edited several books on aspects of medical anthropology related to drugs. During the period 2015-17, he was elected President of DIPEX International (www.dipexinternational.org), a scientific association that brings together scientists from 14 countries in this field, and he is the President of DIPEX Spain (www.dipex.es). He is the author of more than 150 research papers and 50 books or book chapters. He has supervised 20 doctoral theses until June 2023. Additionally, he is a member of 12 Scientific Societies. He is the Managing Editor of the "European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology." He speaks and writes English (C1) and Swedish (B2) fluently, as well as Spanish. He served as Secretary (1995-97), Vice-Dean (2005-8), and Dean (2008-2015) of the Faculty of Medicine at ULL, and as Secretary of the National Conference of Medicine Deans from 2010 to 2015. Since 198, and up to the present day, he has been a member of the "Commission of Deontology and Medical Law" of the Official College of Physicians of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, serving as its President from 1999 to 2008. He has been the President of the CEIC (Clinical Research Ethics Committee with Medicines) (resigned January 1, 2025) and the "Clinical Ethics Committee" (CEA) of the University Hospital of the Canary Islands (HUC) (Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and a member of the CEIC of the Hospital Dr Negrín / Province of Las Palmas). Additionally, he has been the Vice President of the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the University of La Laguna since its creation in November 1999. He holds the D1 Accreditation for the supervision of animal research. He is a member of the Bioethics Advisory Committee of the Government of the Canary Islands. Since 2003, he has been the Director of the Interuniversity Master's Degree in Bioethics, an official Master's degree offered by the universities of La Laguna and Las Palmas. From 2025, the XVI edition will include the Universidad del País Vasco, and its 16th edition is underway during the 2025-26 academic year. In 2019, he received the "Lifetime Achievement in Clinical Pharmacology Education" award from the European Association of Clinical Pharmacology (EACPT) for his lifelong dedication to teaching and research. In 2021, he received the Hélice ANECA (National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Acreditation) of the Ministry of Universities, Spain, Award for "Academic Quality" in its first edition. In 2023, the Social Council of ULL awarded him the "Teaching Excellence" prize.