I am a physician-scientist focused on melanoma and skin cancer. After completion of my Clinical Oncology training at Hospital Clinic Barcelona under the supervision of Dr. Arance, I pursued my PhD project, entitled “Targeting alternative splicing of BRAF V600 pre-mRNA in advanced melanoma” (co-directed by Dr. Arance and Dr. Valcárcel), at IDIBAPS and Centre for Genomic Regulation, within the PhD4MD program (a collaborative research training program for medical doctors, coordinated by internationally recognized research institutes and international leaders in translational research). Thanks to this program, I have been able to gain a broad range of valuable research skills (molecular biology and genome-editing techniques among others) and to learn tools for high-throughput sequencing data analyses.

In the meanwhile, as a part of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer group led by Dr Arance at Hospital Clinic, I have participated as subinvestigator in more that 50 clinical trials, including phase I-III. 

My research interests include melanoma and other skin cancers, cancer immunology and immunotherapies, and targeted therapies.