Dr. Polverino is Head of the Respiratory Infections Research Unit at Hospital Vall d’Hebron (VHIR, Barcelona), with research focused on bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, antimicrobial resistance, and respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients. She plays an active leadership role within the European Respiratory Society and is co-chair of the EMBARC registry, author of the first European Guidelines for Bronchiectasis, and principal investigator in numerous clinical trials.