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Now

What I’m Doing Now

Last updated: October 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

  • Máster de Formación Permanente en Salud Pública (UNED / ENS-ISCIII).
  • PG Certificate in Public Health (LSHTM).
  • Graduate Certificate in Theoretical Statistics and Probability (OU).
  • Máster universitario de Análisis Económico (UOC).
  • Máster en Análisis de las Desigualdades Sociales (UNED).

Reading

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Understanding the Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Victor J. Schoenbach, Wayne D. Rosamond • 572 pages
Statistical Models in Epidemiology
Statistical Models in Epidemiology
David Clayton, Michael Hills • 376 pages
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Kenneth J. Rothman, Krista F. Huybrechts, Eleanor J. Murray
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie • 276 pages
Causal Inference
Causal Inference
Miquel A. Hernan, James M. Robins • 352 pages
Writing science
Writing science
Joshua Schimel • 240 pages
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The Chicago Guide to Writing about Numbers, Second Edition
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Modern Epidemiology
Timothy L. Lash, Tyler J. VanderWeele, Sebastien Haneause, Kenneth Rothman • 1250 pages

Recent Accomplishments

  • Completed the Diploma de Experto Universitario en Métodos Avanzados de Estadística Aplicada (UNED), September 2026.
  • Held a postdoctoral fellowship on the cancer genomics of vulvar and penile squamous cell carcinoma (Rakislova Lab, ISGlobal).
  • Completed my PhD in Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra — submitted September 2025, defended December 2025.

Side Projects

etverse — an R ecosystem for transparent causal inference.

  • causatr: causal effects estimation.
  • negatr: negative control analysis.
  • matchatr: (matched) case-control and case-cohort study analysis.
  • survatr: survival analysis.

Standalone R packages

  • forrest: publication-ready forest plots.
  • orcidtr: ORCID public API client.

Writing and tooling

  • bibaudit: field-level verification of bibliographies against Crossref, DataCite and PubMed.
  • paper-template: a paper written in Markdown, built into a submission-ready DOCX, a Typst PDF and a journal bundle.
  • manuscript-engine: the Pandoc filters and build machinery behind paper-template, pinned into each paper as a submodule.

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

Source Code
---
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

```{r}
#| echo: false
#| output: asis
#| warning: false
#| message: false

source("scripts/last_updated.R")

cat(sprintf("*Last updated: %s*\n", last_updated("now.qmd")))
```

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

- Máster de Formación Permanente en Salud Pública (UNED / ENS-ISCIII).
- PG Certificate in Public Health (LSHTM).
- Graduate Certificate in Theoretical Statistics and Probability (OU).
- Máster universitario de Análisis Económico (UOC).
- Máster en Análisis de las Desigualdades Sociales (UNED).

### 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 the Diploma de Experto Universitario en Métodos Avanzados de Estadística Aplicada (UNED), September 2026.
- Held a postdoctoral fellowship on the cancer genomics of vulvar and penile squamous cell carcinoma (Rakislova Lab, ISGlobal).
- Completed my PhD in Biomedicine at Universitat Pompeu Fabra — submitted September 2025, defended December 2025.

## Side Projects

**[etverse](https://etverse.github.io/)** — an R ecosystem for transparent causal inference.

- [`causatr`](https://github.com/etverse/causatr): causal effects estimation.
- [`negatr`](https://github.com/etverse/negatr): negative control analysis.
- [`matchatr`](https://github.com/etverse/matchatr): (matched) case-control and case-cohort study analysis.
- [`survatr`](https://github.com/etverse/survatr): survival analysis.

**Standalone R packages**

- [`forrest`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/forrest): publication-ready forest plots.
- [`orcidtr`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/orcidtr): ORCID public API client.

**Writing and tooling**

- [`bibaudit`](https://lorenzofabbri.github.io/bibaudit/): field-level verification of bibliographies against Crossref, DataCite and PubMed.
- [`paper-template`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/paper-template): a paper written in Markdown, built into a submission-ready DOCX, a Typst PDF and a journal bundle.
- [`manuscript-engine`](https://github.com/lorenzoFabbri/manuscript-engine): the Pandoc filters and build machinery behind `paper-template`, pinned into each paper as a submodule.

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*Want to know what I was doing before? Check out the [blog](blog.qmd) for updates and reflections.*

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