Dr. Olga Mediano is a pulmonologist and sleep medicine expert. She earned her medical degree from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1998 and completed her pulmonology residency at La Paz University Hospital in 2003. She holds a PhD in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid and has trained at institutions in the UK and the US, including UCLA. Dr. Mediano leads the Sleep and Ventilation Unit at the University Hospital of Guadalajara—an accredited center of excellence by SEPAR—and has been a professor at the University of Alcalá since 2016. She holds two master’s degrees and is a certified expert in sleep medicine. She has held leadership roles in national and international research networks, including SEPAR and the Spanish Sleep Network, and currently directs Group 05 of CIBERES at ISCIII. Her research focuses on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), its cardiovascular impacts, and its influence on children, sports, and pain. Dr. Mediano has led major studies, including the international SAVE trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and the 2021 International Consensus Document on Sleep-Disordered Breathing. She has authored over 90 peer-reviewed papers with 4,000+ citations, has an H-index of 23, and has led or participated in over 30 funded research projects.

PROFESSOR ANDREW BUSH MD FHEA FRCP FRCPCH FERS FAPSR ATSF Professor of Paediatrics and Paediatric Respirology, National Heart and Lung Institute, and Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health, Imperial College (Foundation Director); Consultant Paediatric Chest Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital I qualified from Cambridge University and University College Hospital. I initially trained in adult thoracic medicine, obtaining an MD in the Department of Clinical Physiology, Brompton Hospital. I then re-trained in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at Brompton and the Royal Postgraduate Medical school. I was appointed Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician at the Brompton and Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute in 1991 and was made Professor at Imperial College in 2007. My research interests include the invasive and non-invasive measurement of airway inflammation in children and clinical physiology,. I have supervised more than 50 MD and PhD degrees, co-authored more than 800 papers in peer review journals, and written more than 130 chapters in books and monographs. I am Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. I have served as Guidelines Director of the European Respiratory Society and also chaired the Publications Committee. I am an emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator. Honours include the British Thoracic Society medal (2022), the 2024 James Spence Medal and an Honorary Life Fellowship of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and I am the 2024 ERS Presidential awardee. Most importantly, I have the eight greatest grandchildren in the world, Dylan and Jack in South Africa, Oscar and his twin siblings Aya and Fletcher, Lydia, Dominic and Ilyas, all in London.