Víctor Urrea Gales was awarded an MSc in Statistics and Operations Research by the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in 2009 and a PhD in Systems Biology by the University of Vic (UVic) in 2015. His research focuses on the development of new methods to study genetic interactions, the identification of genetic risk profiles and the construction of disease prediction and prognostic models. Employed as a statistician at IrsiCaixa, he assists in the analysis of experimental and clinical trial data.