Now

What I’m Doing Now

Last updated: June 2026

This is a now page, inspired by Derek Sivers, describing what I’m currently focused on.

Current Focus

Research

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, CNIO, working on pancreatic and bladder cancer.

Learning

Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health (LSHTM).
Graduate Certificate in Theoretical Statistics and Probability (OU).
Diploma in Advanced Applied Statistics (UNED).
Master in Public Health (UNED).
Master in Economic Analysis (UOC).

Reading

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Victor J. Schoenbach, Wayne D. Rosamond • 572 pages

Statistical Models in Epidemiology

David Clayton, Michael Hills • 376 pages

Epidemiology

Kenneth J. Rothman, Krista F. Huybrechts, Eleanor J. Murray

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie • 288 pages

Causal Inference

Miquel A. Hernan, James M. Robins • 352 pages

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The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, Second Edition

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Writing science

Joshua Schimel • 240 pages

Concepts of Epidemiology: An integrated introduction to the ideas, theories, principles and methods of epidemiology

Raj Bhopal • 317 pages

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Modern Epidemiology

Timothy L. Lash, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Sebastien Haneause, Kenneth Rothman • 1250 pages

Recent Accomplishments

Completed my PhD in Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra — submitted September 2025, defended December 2025.
Held a postdoctoral fellowship on the cancer genomics of vulvar and penile squamous cell carcinoma (Rakislova Lab, ISGlobal).

Side Projects

forrest: publication-ready forest plots.
causatr: causal effects estimation (part of etverse).
negatr: negative control analysis (part of etverse).
matchatr: (matched) case-control and case-cohort study analysis (part of etverse).
survatr: survival analysis (part of etverse).
orcidtr: ORCID public API client.

Want to know what I was doing before? Check out the blog for updates and reflections.

--- title: "Now" page-layout: full --- ```{r} #| echo: false #| output: asis #| warning: false #| message: false # Load Hardcover API functions source("scripts/hardcover.R") # Load config (create _hardcover_config.R from the example file) if (file.exists("_hardcover_config.R")) { source("_hardcover_config.R") # Fetch currently reading books tryCatch({ books <- get_currently_reading(HARDCOVER_API_TOKEN, HARDCOVER_USER_ID) cat("") # Placeholder for inline display below }, error = function(e) { cat("") # Silent fail, will show placeholder text }) } else { cat("") # No config file, show placeholder } ``` # What I'm Doing Now *Last updated: June 2026* This is a [now page](https://nownownow.com/about), inspired by Derek Sivers, describing what I'm currently focused on. ## Current Focus ### Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, CNIO, working on pancreatic and bladder cancer. ### Learning - Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health (LSHTM). - Graduate Certificate in Theoretical Statistics and Probability (OU). - Diploma in Advanced Applied Statistics (UNED). - Master in Public Health (UNED). - Master in Economic Analysis (UOC). ### Reading ```{r} #| echo: false #| output: asis #| warning: false #| message: false # Display currently reading books if (exists("books") && !is.null(books) && nrow(books) > 0) { knitr::asis_output(display_books_html(books)) } else { "- Reading: [Book Title] by [Author]\n" } ``` ## Recent Accomplishments - Completed my PhD in Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra — submitted September 2025, defended December 2025. - Held a postdoctoral fellowship on the cancer genomics of vulvar and penile squamous cell carcinoma (Rakislova Lab, ISGlobal). ## Side Projects - [`forrest`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/forrest): publication-ready forest plots. - [`causatr`](https://github.com/etverse/causatr): causal effects estimation (part of [etverse](https://github.com/etverse)). - [`negatr`](https://github.com/etverse/negatr): negative control analysis (part of [etverse](https://github.com/etverse)). - [`matchatr`](https://github.com/etverse/matchatr): (matched) case-control and case-cohort study analysis (part of [etverse](https://github.com/etverse)). - [`survatr`](https://github.com/etverse/survatr): survival analysis (part of [etverse](https://github.com/etverse)). - [`orcidtr`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/orcidtr): ORCID public API client. --- *Want to know what I was doing before? Check out the [blog](blog.qmd) for updates and reflections.*