Rancoita Paola Maria Vittoria Professore AssociatoMedicineMED/01

CURRENT POSITION

Since 2022, Associate Professor in Medical Statistics MED/01, at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, UniSR), and involved in the research activities at CUSSB (University Centre for Statistics for the Biomedical Sciences, UniSR).

Since 2016, she is member of the Governing council of CUSSB and she is member of the Scientific Board of the CeNRI (Center for Nursing Research and Innovation, UniSR).

OTHER CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Since 2021 Academic Tutor for students at I year of the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Since 2020 Member of the Didactic Joint Subcommittee (Sottocommissione Didattica Paritetica) of the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Since 2020 Member of the Didactic Commission (Commissione Didattica) of the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Since 2020 Member of Committee on Admissions by Transfer (Commissione Trasferimenti) of the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Since 2020 Member of the PhD Teaching Board of the PhD course in Public Health, University of Milan-Bicocca

RESEARCH INTERESTS

The research activity of Prof. Rancoita regards the development and the application of statistical methods in biostatistics and bioinformatics, such as:

• statistical methods for the analysis of survival data (e.g. frailty models) and for the identification of prognostic indices,
• statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data or clustered data,
• statistical methods for the treatment of missing data in clinical datasets,
• statistical methods for the analysis and the integration of genomic data (e.g. Bayesian regression methods for the estimation of copy number profiles and for the integration of copy number and genotyping data),
• stochastic geometry and, in particular, the statistics of fibre processes (with applications to the analysis of images of angiogenic processes).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATION

2019-2021 Assistant Professor (RTDb) in Medical Statistics MED/01, at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, UniSR).

2014-2018 Assistant Professor (RTDa) in Medical Statistics MED/01, at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, UniSR).

2012-2013 Research fellowship in Statistics SECS-S/01 at the Faculty of Psychology (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan), supervised by Prof. C. Di Serio. Title of the Project: “Bayesian computational statistics for highdimensional data in Neurosciences”.

2010-2011 Postdoctoral contract at the research centers IDSIA (Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Lugano, Switzerland)/IOSI (Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland). Title of the Project: “New methods for the identification of prognostic models in lymphoma patient through an optimal treatment of missing data”.

2006-2010 Four-year PhD scholarship at the research centers IDSIA (Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Lugano, Switzerland)/IOSI (Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland). Title of the Project: “A Bayesian Approach for Integrated Cancer Genome Profiling”.

2006-2010 PhD in Mathematics and Statistics for Computational Sciences (University of Milan). Title of the Thesis: “Stochastic methods in cancer research. Applications to genomics and angiogenesis”.

2004-2006 MS in Mathematics for Applications (University of Milan). Title of the Thesis: “Statistics of fibre processes. Applications to angiogenesis”.

2001-2004 BS in Mathematics for Applications (University of Milan). Title of the Thesis: “Optimization of processes through statistical regression techniques”.

FELLOWSHIP

Two-year fellowship for the Laurea Magistrale (MS) from INdAM (National Institution of High Mathematics), achieved after a national selection of 15 students.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2022 Invited to be a statistical consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) for the project with the purpose to aggregate and analyze data (published and unpublished) on minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to determine the ECOFF(s), assess the association of the ECOFF(s) with clinical outcome data (where available) and lineage in order to define Pretomanid CC for MGIT method.

2020 Invited to be part of “Task Force on next-generation sequencing (NGS) and drug susceptibility testing (DST)” by the Stop TB Partnership’s New Diagnostics Working Group.

2010 ISBA (International Society for Bayesian Analysis) travel award for presenting at The ISBA 2010 World Meeting.

ROLES IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

2018-2021 Member of the Governing council (as Treasurer) of the Italian Region of the International Biometric Society (IBS)

2020-2021 Member of the Committee for research and development of the Italian society for medical statistics and clinical epidemiology (Società Italiana di Statistica Medica ed Epidemiologia Clinica)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

- Courses at Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees:

Since 2022 Professor of the module of Advanced Statistics for the course Applied Medical Statistics (at third year), at the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Since 2020 Professor of the module of Informatics for the course Physics, Informatics and English language, at the Bachelor's degree in Obstetrics, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Since 2017 Professor of the module of Statistical inference for the course Methodology of scientific research, at the Master’s degree in Health professions of rehabilitation sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Since 2013 Professor and Teaching assistant in the course on Statistics (at first year), at the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. In 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 also Coordinator of the course.

Since 2012 Teaching assistant in the course on Statistics, at the Master’s degree in medicine and surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2020/2021 Professor of the module of Statistics for the experimental research for the course Methodology of nursing and obstetric research, at the Master’s degree in nursing and obstetric science, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2016-2021 Professor of the module of Mathematics for the course on Mathematics and Statistics, at the Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology Research in Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2014-2017 Professor of a module of Statistics for the course Evidence-based methodologies for health care, at the Bachelor's degree in nursing.

2013-2017 Professor of the Maths Preparation Course, at the International MD Program, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2011/2012 Module of 12 hours in the course Probability calculus and mathematical statistics II at the BS in Mathematics, University of Milan.

2007/2008 Assistant for the course Mathematics, at the BS in Informatics, University of Italian Switzerland.

2005/2006 Tutor (26 hours) for the course Probability calculus and mathematical statistics I, at the BS in Mathematics, University of Milan.

- Postgraduate courses:

Since 2014 Professor of the module on Survival analysis for the course in Medical Statistics, at the Health Area Graduate Schools Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2021/2022 Professor of the modules on Statistical inference and t-test, Bivariate analysis and Survival analysis for the course Statistical methods in biomedical research, at the International PhD Course in Molecular Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2021/2022 Professor of the module on Simple and multiple linear regression for the course Clinical data science: analysis II/Advanced statistics, at the II level Master’s Degree in Methods and Data Analysis in Biomedical Research, University of Milan-Bicocca.

2020/2021 Professor of the module on Bivariate analysis for the course Basics in statistics: describing your sample, at the International PhD Course in Molecular Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

2019 Professor of the modules on Checking normality and nonparametric methods and Survival analysis for the course Biostatistical methods for clinic and basic research, organized by Italian Statistical Society and Italian Region of the International Biometric Society, Catania (Italy), March 5-8th, 2019.

2016/2017 Professor of the modules on Inference and Sampling for the course Methodologies and instruments for clinical research, at the I level Master’s Degree in Clinical Research Nurse and Midwife, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

(Update jan. 2023)