I was born in Archena, (Valle
de Ricote, La Palestina Española, Murcia), Spain, in 1952. I later moved to Zaragoza,
where I studied Mathematics at the University of Zaragoza for 5 years. In
1974 I moved to the University of Santander (today
University of Cantabria),
where I was assistant and associate professor for 4 years, and where I
began my degree in Medicine. I then moved to the University of Murcia, where I
was assistant professor for 1 year. In 1979 I came to the
University of Barcelona,
where I was
assistant and associate professor, and I completed my degree in Medicine,
graduating in 1981. I obtained my PhD in Medicine from the University of
Barcelona in 1985. My dissertation was entitled "Métricas entre Modelos
Lineales y su aplicación al tratamiento de datos en Medicina " and my PhD
advisor was Dr. C. M. Cuadras Avellana. I married in 1979 and I have three
sons: the oldest, Martín, is 25 years old, Daniel is
24 years old and the
youngest, Santiago, is 21 years old.
I am currently Professor at the University of Barcelona.
My current research interests include: Data Analysis, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Graphical Representation.
