Maria Lee Alcober

PhD Student in Statistics and Operations Research
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech

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Hi! I am Maria, a PhD student in Statistics and Operations Research at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC). My PhD thesis is supervised by Marta Bofill Roig (UPC) and Werner Brannath (University of Bremen).

My research focuses on the design of clinical trials with time-to-event endpoints, in particular sample size reestimation based on the restricted mean survival time (RMST) and covariate-adjusted estimation.

Interests

  • Clinical trials
  • Survival analysis
  • Sample size reestimation
  • Covariate adjustment

Education

  • PhD in Statistics and Operations Research, ongoing
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech
  • MSc in Statistics and Operations Research, 2025
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech
  • MSc in Teaching (Specialisation in Mathematics), 2023
    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • BSc in Physics, 2022
    Universitat de Barcelona
  • BSc in Mathematics, 2022
    Universitat de Barcelona

Talks

  • Sample size reestimation in two-arm trials using doubly robust estimators for marginal treatment effects — 8th International Symposium on Biopharmaceutical Statistics (ISBS), Madrid, 2026.
  • Sample size determination in two-arm trials using doubly robust estimators for marginal treatment effects — Survival Analysis for Junior Researchers, Amsterdam, 2026.
  • Development and validation of prognostic models in phase I oncology clinical trials — Conferencia de la Sociedad Española de Bioestadística (CEB), Elche, 2025.

Personal

I was born and raised in Barcelona (Catalunya), and I love it here. In my free time I love reading, my favorite authors include Mercè Rodoreda, Gabriel García Márquez, and Haruki Murakami, among many others.

I am very curious about everything, not only science (although it has a special place in my heart), and there is nothing I like more than listening to someone speak passionately about what they love.

I don’t have any social media -except LinkedIn for job-related reasons-, but feel free to send me an email! You can find me at maria.lee@upc.edu :)

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