Dr Irene Telias is a trained Intensivist and Internist from Argentina who did a Clinical Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr Laurent Brochard and her research is focused on understanding the determinants, physiological, and clinical consequences of abnormal patient-ventilator interactions during early mechanical ventilation. She is supported by a CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship and is also working as a clinician in the Medical-Neuro ICU at Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto.