Carlos Fernández-Escobar, Curriculum Vitae

Author

Epidemiologist & Biostatistician

Contact Information

Location: Alicante, Spain
Email: carlosepistats@gmail.com

Social Media

LinkedIn: CFEpidemiology

Technical Skills

Statistical Programming:

  • Advanced R: tidyverse, ggplot, shiny, markdown, Quarto
  • Intermediate Python: pandas, numpy, matplotlib
  • Advanced Stata
  • SQL, Power BI, Microsoft Excel

Data Analysis Skills:

  • Data cleaning and manipulation
  • Descriptive analysis and data visualization
  • Inferential analysis, regression models, time-series, and multilevel models
  • Reporting, table, list, and figure generation

Design and analysis of observational and interventional studies: cohort, case-control, transversal, modelling, time-series, randomized clinical trials, causal inference.

Experience with large healthcare databases, real-world evidence, national health surveys, public health surveillance databases.

Work Experience

Medical Research Fellow
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain
2024 - now

  • Biostatistician in charge of analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials and observational studies
  • Provide epidemiological and statistical support to trainees.

Biostatistician & Scientific Advisor
Medical Statistics Consulting (MSC), Valencia, Spain
2022 - 2023

  • Collaborated with clinical and industry clients on Real World Evidence projects.
  • Performed data cleaning, manipulation, analysis, and reporting.
  • Taught Biostatistics, Study Design, and Critical Appraisal of medical literature to clinicians and pharmaceutical companies.

Researcher & Data Manager
Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group, University of Alcalá (UAH), Madrid, Spain
2022

  • Managed data and designed observational studies.
  • Conducted data analysis.

Medical Resident, Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
2017 - 2021

  • Specialized in research methodology, healthcare research support, database management, and statistical analyses.
  • Developed national COVID-19 situation reports at the National Center of Epidemiology.
  • Provided epidemiological and statistical support to over 10 healthcare and public health research projects.
  • Taught Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

Education

Medical Specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health
Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
2017 - 2021

Master in Public Health (MPH)
Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
2018

Doctor of Medicine (MD)
University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain
2010 - 2016

Scientific Publications

ORCID: 0000-0001-7361-3383

Languages

  • English: C2 ECFR
  • Spanish: Native

General Competences

  • Quick learner
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Detail-oriented
  • Communication skills
  • Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Other Interests

  • Member of MENSA International
  • LudoSport athlete