UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINO

The Università di Torino (UniTo), founded in 1404, is one of Italy’s most prestigious and largest universities, with approximately 82,000 students, 6.1% of whom are non-Italian citizens, along with 3,900 staff employees and 1,800 research fellows. Research and training activities are conducted across 27 departments, covering all scientific disciplines, as well as socioeconomic, legal, and ethical issues. UniTo manages around 500 new projects annually at both national and international levels. Since 2016, UniTo has secured 1630 funded projects, totaling an income of approximately €250 million. Notably, UniTo has participated in 115 FP7, 186 H2020, and 15 Horizon Europe funded research projects. Under H2020, UniTo has coordinated 41 projects, including 11 ERC grants, and has been involved in 42 MSCA and 9 RI grants.

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Prof.
Lorenzo
Richiardi

Professor in biostatistics and epidemiology

With expertise in various areas of epidemiology, including life-course, molecular, cancer, and environmental epidemiology, he has contributed to international projects and consortia. As the principal investigator of the Italian NINFEA birth cohort and the Turin center for the Piccolipiù birth cohort, he leads research initiatives. Prof. Lorenzo focuses on causal inference, using data from population and cancer patient cohorts. He also co-directs the European Educational Programme (EEPE) in Epidemiology and directs the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the main University Hospital of Turin. Additionally, he coordinates the Piedmont Referral Center for cancer epidemiology and prevention

Prof.
Milena
Maule

Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology, her work focuses on population-based cancer studies, and descriptive, etiological, and quality-of-life studies on childhood cancer. More recently, she has been working on the health effects of climate change. With a strong interest in methods, specifically in causal inference, statistical modelling, and geostatistics, she collaborates on many international projects and is also a member of the faculty of the EEPE summer school.

Costanza
Pizzi

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Assistant professor of biostatistics and epidemiology, she has been working on birth cohort studies, life-course epidemiology, socioeconomic inequalities in health, causal inference, environmental epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology. The methodological component of her research includes growth modeling and causal inference methods, with a particular focus on those related to the use of non-representative studies in epidemiology. She also collaborates on many international projects and is a member of the faculty of the EEPE summer school.

Prof.
Daniela
Zugna

Professor in Biostatistics

Associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology, her current research activity primarily involves the understanding, development, and implementation of statistical methods for causal inference, longitudinal and survival studies, with specific applications to epidemiology. Her research interests have mainly focused on methods for dealing with joint modeling of longitudinal and survival data, mediation analysis, and prognostic modeling. She collaborates on many international projects and is a member of the faculty of the European Educational Programme in Epidemiology (EEPE).

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