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Paolo Girardi

Department of Developmental and Social Psychology

University of Padua

Short presentation

January 2020, my name is Paolo Girardi, research fellow in Psychometrics (M-PSI/03) at the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology at the University of Padua (https://www.dpss.unipd.it ).
My research interests include applied statistics in Psychology and Medicine science, in particular the analysis of functional data, classification techniques and methods for epidemiology.
I am part of the interdisciplinary group Psicostat aimed at the development of quantitative methods in disciplines concerning psychology and statistics in general. I collaborate with the Regional Epidemiological Service for the analysis of health data and research projects.

In my free time I practice sports (gym, running, flag-waving!), visit places and partecipate to events. I am a member of the Board of the Italian Federation of Flag Wavers (www.fisb.net ).

Interests

  • Applied statistics
  • Quantitative methods for the research in Psychometrics.
  • Missing data techniques

Education

  • Phd in Bioscience (Biostatistics curr.), 2012

  • Degree in Statistics and Informatics, 2007

    University of Padua

  • Short Degree in Statistics and Informatical technoligies, 2005

    University of Padua

Skills

R

90%

Stack-Overflow

80%

Twitter

30%

Pubmed

90%

Statistics

100%

Wine

30%

Flag-waver

70%

Work experience

 
 
 
 
 

Researcher Fellow

University of Padua

Sep 2019 – Present Padua
My responsibilities include:

  • University teaching of computer science/statistics and psychometrics
  • Research in the displicinare sector M-PSI/03 (Psychometrics)
  • Third mission to public/private bodies
 
 
 
 
 

Statistical collaborator [on leave]

Regional Epidemiological Service

Nov 2018 – Sep 2019 Padua
Member of the Venetian Mesothelioma Register, data analysis and health research
 
 
 
 
 

Post PhD Research Fellow, Longitudinal Data Analysis

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Oct 2013 – Aug 2015 Venice
Development of statistical methods in time series
 
 
 
 
 

Fixed-term statistical consultant

ULSS 16 / ULSS4 at the Mesothelioma Case Register

Apr 2012 – Nov 2018 Padua
Mesothelioma Case Register, Operational Center for Data Analysis and Research in Healthcare
 
 
 
 
 

Statistical Co-Co-Pro

Veneto Region - Regional Statistical System

Apr 2012 – Oct 2013 Venice
Statistical assistant within the STAR European Project

Publications

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A mortality study on male subjects exposed to polyfluoroalkyl acids with high internal dose of perfluorooctanoic acid

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