Lecture series

Series of invited lectures on The role of statistics in the Health Sciences, given at the University of Padova, Dept. of Statistics, BSc course of Biomedical Statistics

Servants of all sciences? The role of statisticians in the scientific progress - applications in biomedicine, 19 Dec 2025

Pervasiveness of statistics in genetics and biomedicine: some examples, 9 Dec 2024

The role of statistics to connect human genome and human health, 20 Dec 2023

Statistical genetics - exploring human genome through statistics, 13 Dec 2022

Statistics at the service of human health: applications in genetics, biology and medicine, 17 Dec 2021

Biostatistics, eventually: beyond definitions, statistics as a tool for human health, 17 Dec 2020

2025

[contributed] Using two-sample Mendelian randomization to identify potential drug targets: the case of desmoplakin - SISMEC Congress, Pavia, 10 Sep 2025

[seminar] Ghosthunting as a key tool for human health knowledge advancement - Eurac Research Institute for Biomedicine Open Seminar Series, Bolzano, 4 Feb 2025

2024

[seminar] Genetic epidemiology of quantitative traits: how observational studies can advance human health knowledge - Cardiovascular Seminar Programme, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, 17 Oct 2024

[invited] Molecular profiling of uncontrolled and treatment resistant hypertension in the general population: the HyperProfile study - Research South Tyrol Final Event 2019 and Kick off 2022 meeting, Bolzano, 4 Apr 2024

2023

[lecture] Examples of clinical epidemiology studies in the general population; course Biomedical research in South Tyrol, Südtiroler Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin/Società Altoatesina di Medicina Generale; Bolzano, 24 Nov 2023

[lecture] Translational value of genome-wide association studies: applications in nephrology - Winter Academy School of the Italian Human Genetics Society; Vipiteno, 29 Jan 2023

2022

[seminar] Kidney disease in the era of Genomics - Colloques de formation continue du service de néphrologie et hypertension, Université de Genève & Hopitaux Universitaires Genève, online, 2 Dec 2022

[lecture] Increasing the clinical relevance of observational, population-based studies using genomics - Summer School Shaping a World-class university - Biostatistics and Epidemiological Methods - PhD course “Translational Specialistic Medicine ‘GB Morgagni’”, University of Padova, Dept of Statistics; online, 27 Sep 2022

[invited] Genomics of kidney function: a labyrinthic city or an inextricable forest? - 59^{th} ERA Congress Paris & virtual; online, 19-22 May 2022

[lecture] A tale of babies, storks and cardiovascular risk: causal inference tools for observational epidemiology - BSc course, Dept of Statistics, University of Padova, 10 May 2022

[seminar] Genetic epidemiology of kidney function: recent findings - PhD School in Applied Life and Health Sciences, University of Verona; online, 27 Jan 2022

Older

[seminar] Population-based genetic association studies and identification of actionable molecular targets: concepts and examples - IBIG Forum - Real World Evidence in Health Care Research, Webinar, 4 Oct 2021

[seminar] The Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) study - MSc school, University of Milano Bicocca, Dept of Statistics and Quantitative Methods; online, 16 Apr 2020

[lecture] Population-based studies in biomedicine: value for public & personalized health - Population-based studies and biobanks in the -omics era course, HOROS PhD Programme Medical University Innsbruck; Bolzano, 28-29 Nov 2019

[lecture] Genome-wide association studies and beyond - Population-based studies and biobanks in the -omics era course - HOROS PhD Programme Medical University Innsbruck; Bolzano, 28-29 Nov 2019

[popular] My genes, my kidneys: genetic research on chronic kidney disease / I miei reni, i miei geni: ricerca genetica sull’insufficienza renale cronica - science talk at the Long night of research, Bolzano, 27 Sep 2019

[popular] Health: from individual characteristis to general knowledge - Conference “Together for health”, Prato allo Stelvio, 10 Nov 2018.

[invited] Genetics of kidney function: findings from the CKDGen Consortium - 2nd International Congress on Personalized Health Care, Montreal, 23-26 Sep 2018

[invited] What do renal function GWAS teach us? - 8th International Kidney.CH Symposium, Bern, 6 Sep 2018.

[seminar] Genetics of renal function in the general population: evidences and perspectives - Paris-Cardiovascular research Center (PARCC), Paris, 30 Mar 2018

[seminar] Moving beyond genome-wide association studies: some possible pathways - Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati-Traverso”, National Research Council (CNR), Napoli, 23 Oct 2017

[lecture] Population-based studies in genomics: value for public and personalized health - PhD School in Molecular Medicine - San Raffaele University Hospital, Milano, 29 Jun 2017

[invited] The Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (CHRIS) Project - Int’l workshop “Genetic data in public research databases: Which governance mechanisms should apply?”, Bolzano, 27-28 Apr 2016

[invited] GWAS of kidney function and albuminuria traits in the general population: recent findings - ERA-EDTA Working Group on Inherited Kidney Diseases (WGKID) CME Symposium “Population Genetics of Kidney Diseases”, Regensburg 25-26 Sep 2015

[seminar] Mid-size cohorts: international perspectives of the CHRIS study - Illumina Biobank Webinar, 21 Apr 2015

[contributed] Meta-analysis of 50 genome-wide association studies identifies multiple novel loci for renal function and kidney damage: the CKDGen Consortium - 50th ERA/EDTA Congress, Istanbul, 20 May 2013

[seminar] Uncovering genes for renal function: recent results and methodological issues - HuGeF - Human Genetics Foundation, Torino, 3 May 2013

[seminar] Genome-wide association studies of renal function: methodological issues and novel loci - University Medical Center Freiburg, 29 Jun 2012

[plenary lecture] Genetic epidemiology of renal function: what we are learning from SNP array studies - San Raffaele University Hospital, Institute of Genetics and Cell Biology, Milano, 22 May 2012

[invited] Genome-wide association of estimated glomerular filtration rate reveals new loci for kidney function - 5th International meeting on complex traits and genetic isolates. Trieste, 16 Mar 2012

[invited] Fattori genetici nelle malattie renali / Genetische Faktoren bei den Nierenerkrankungen - Congress “Nephrology Today on EUREGIO”, Bolzano, 4 Nov 2011

[seminar] Uncovering Common Genetic Variants Associated with Kidney Function and Chronic Kidney Disease - Harvard School of Public Health, Dept. of Biostatistics, Correlated and High-Dimensional Data Seminar, Boston MA (USA), 18 Oct 2010

[invited]Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in the CKDGen consortium: critical aspects and methodological solutions - meeting of the Italian Genetic Isolated Population Researchers, Tortolì, 30 May 2010.

[contributed] Dimensionality reduction in genome-wide association studies: a Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for the recognition of haplotype blocks - IBS Italian Region Congress, Pisa, 21 Jun 2007

[lecture] Introduction to modern Genetic Epidemiology - Master Course in Medical Statistics & Clinical Epidemiology, University of Verona, 4 Jul 2006

[contributed] Early exposures and congenital factors on the incidence and remission of asthma in children, adolescents and adults - SISMEC Congress, Brescia, 2 Oct 2003

[contributed] Disease cluster detection using bootstrap - IBS Italian Region Congress, Marina di Massa, 11 Sep 2003

[contributed] Climate and distribution of asthma-like symtoms in Italy: an analysis with computer-intensive methods - IBS Italian Region Congress, Rimini, 14 Jun 2001