Carlo Berzuini

Biography

I got the secondary studies Diploma from the Liceo Scientifico "Giovio", Como, Italy, with top grades (60/60). The Collegio Ghislieri of Pavia - founded in 1567 to open the doors of «ingenium» to young students with limited financial resources - fully supported my undergraduate and MSc studies, completed in 1974 with a «cum laude» degree in bioengineering. I started studying statistics and promoting it in an academic environment where the need for a proper methodological foundation of data analysis was not given for granted. The University of Pavia employed me for 34 years (24 with a professorial appointment) in which I did research and enthusiastically taught biostatistics to undergraduates and MSc/PhD students from mathematical, engineering and medical faculties, locally and internationally.

Research Interest

I am currently enhancing causal inference methods with an eye on the emerging demands of medical research - towards better study designs and analyses. In particular, I am researching the concepts of causative interaction (191002) and causal mediation (191001). While interesting from a theoretical point of view, I tackle these themes with the aim of improving the study of the biological mechanisms at the basis of disease and treatment response.