Aser García Rada works as a paediatrician and as a freelance journalist. He works for the Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, being paid by the Spanish National Health Service. He collaborates with different publications and he has been paid, and continues to be paid by the BMJ Group, the Spanish dailies Público and La Razón, and others. He has been paid by the BBVA Foundation for writing a chapter for a book on cardiovascular disease. He is a member of the WHO´s World Health Youth Environment and Health Communication Network (WHY) and of the Spanish National Health Journalist Association (ANIS). He has been paid and may continue to be paid for giving lectures at the course of health journalism organized by the ANIS and the Complutense University of Madrid. He attended this course (2008-2009) and received a scholarship from AstraZeneca, its sponsor, of around 1.400 euros. He has been paid by the Donation and Transplantation Institute (DTI) to collaborate on a programme to develop the system of organ donation and transplantation in Lebanon. He has been paid expenses by the Spanish General Council of Nurses for attending different conferences. He has been paid expenses by the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN) for attending their 2010 annual meeting. He has been paid expenses by NovoNordisk for attending a conference in 2009. He has been paid by the communication agency Inforpress for consultancy work. He has no stock options or shares in any pharmaceutical or healthcare companies. He is also an actor and dancer, and has been paid and may continue to be paid by different agents in those fields.