Research Interests
Biostatistics, applied statistics for epidemiological and medical studies
Multivariate anaylsis applied to epidemiological analysis
Causal and non Causal inference in complex system
R package developpment and statisticial computing
Open and Reproducible research
Professional
Institut für Mathematik
September 2016 - Now
PhD Student
Zurich, Switzerland
Administrator of the statistical consulting service of the UZH
Teaching assistant for various statistical lectures
Philip Morris International
February 2016 - August 2016
Biostatistician
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Data processing using SAS (acquisition, formating and TLFs production)
Statistical evaluation/analysis in vitro/in vivo studies using SAS and R
Peer reviewed Paper and Internal Report reviewing
Statistical Plan / Study Plan review
Validation Plan review (Validation method)
Stockholms Universitet
February 2015 - November 2015
Biostatistician
Stockholms, Sweden
Research Internship for my Master Thesis
Simulation based inference in epidemic models
Self-Employed
January 2015 - Now
Freelance Statistician
Lausanne, Switzerland
Study protocol and Statistical report
Sample size computation
Design of experiment
Time series analysis for decision making purpose
Occupancy forecasting (short and long term prediction)
automatised reporting
Spineart
May 2012 - March 2014
Project Manager
Geneva, Switzerland
European Clinical trials (FR, ES, BE, CH, GR, GE) at both operational and data management sides
ECRF and CRF design
Data Management implementation and management of EDC system (XClinical, E-novex)
Operational management of clinical trials (site and surgeon contact)
Monitoring activities (FR, ES, BE, CH, GR, GE)
Preparation of TMFs, ISFs and essential documents
Radiographic Analysis study design and protocol writing
Data Analysis for regulatory, marketing and presentation purposes
SOPs writing and reviewing
EPFL (Medical Photonics Group)
November 2010 - April 2012
Graduate Research Assistant
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lab work Fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy, work with pulsed LASER and assembling of an OPO, Image and video processing (ImageJ Fiji). Development of ImageJ plugins (Java)
Clinical work Performing High Magnification and PDD experiments dedicated to cancer detection (ENT and Urology, CHUV)
IT manager (15 people)
Data and network management
EPFL (Photovoltaic Laboratory)
February 2010 - October 2010
Scientist
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Plasma Sputtering, Characterization of Solar Cells and an ITO target
Development of an optical set up in order to perform NSOM experiments
Solar cell R&D
Education
UZH
March 2014 - October 2015
MSc in Biostatistics
Zurich, Switzerland
Master Thesis Simulation based inference in epidemic models
EPFL
October 2003 - February 2010
BSc and MSc in Physics
Lausanne, Switzerland
Master Thesis Quantum Monte Carlo Investigation of the Local Density in Mott Insulating Phases of Hardcore Boson Models
Certification
University Hospital (CHUV)
October 2013 - September 2014
Certificate of Advanced Studies Clinical Research and Epidemiology
Lausanne, Switzerland
Study protocol writing, literature reviewing, sample sizing, statistical analysis plan
Operational process in clinical research, operational process for submission at Ethical Comitee Research (ECR)
Statistical analysis (survival, risk and multivariate analysis)
Skills
Languages
English, French, Portuguese , GermanStatistical Programming
SAS, R, Python , STATAWorkshops
1st Causality workshop
4 December 2018, co organizer. Bayesian Networks meet Observational data, UZH, Switzerland website
Lecturing two days on advanced statistics methods
6/7 February 2019, lecturer. Regression (mixed) models, introduction to ggplot, UZH, Switzerland website
Multivariate analysis using Additive Bayesian Networks workshop
29 March 2019, co organizer, Utrecht, Netherland website
Risk factor analysis using ABN workshop
7/9 May 2019, co organizer, UZH, Switzerland website
Software
R packages
author and maintainer of mcmcabn R package that perform mcmc over DAGs to do Bayesian model averaging
author and maintainer of varrank R package that perform variable selection with applications in systemic datasets
author and maintainer of abn R package that models multivariate data with Additive Bayesian Networks
contributor of ATR R package for plotting party trees in left-right orientation instead of the classical top-down layout
Publications
Article in Peer reviewed journal
Additive Bayesian networks for antimicrobial resistance and potential risk factors in non typhoidal Salmonella isolates from layer hens in Uganda. PDF, (2019), BMC Veterinary Research
Does toe clipping for genotyping interfere with later-in-life nociception in mice? PDF, (2019), Pain Reports
Progression and risk factors of pododermatitis in part-time group housed rabbit does in Switzerland PDF, (2019) Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Revealing the structure of the associations between housing system, facilities, management and welfare of commercial laying hens using Additive Bayesian Networks PDF, (2019) Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Pododermatitis in group housed rabbit does in Switzerland prevalence, severity and risk factors PDF, (2018), Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Bayesian Networks Structure Discovery a Tool to Clarify Associations between Housing, Management and Welfare of Laying Hens, PDF, Proceedings SVEPM
Characterization of the Vitrocell® 24/48 aerosol exposure system for its use in exposures to liquid aerosols, PDF, (2017), Toxicology in Vitro
A systems toxicology approach for comparative assessment Biological impact of an aerosol from a candidate modified-risk tobacco product and cigarette smoke on human organotypic bronchial epithelial cultures, PDF, (2016), Toxicology in Vitro
A new fluorescence-based method for characterizing in vitro aerosol exposure systems, PDF, (2016), Toxicology in Vitro
Improvement of the open circuit voltage by modifying the transparent indium tin oxide front electrode in amorphous nip solar cells, PDF, (2011), Progress in Photovoltaics
Pre-prints
Is a single unique Bayesian network enough to accurately represent your data? PDF (2019), arXiv
Comparison between Suitable Priors for Additive Bayesian Networks PDF (2018), arXiv
varrank an R package for variable ranking based on mutual information with applications to observed systemic datasets PDF (2018), arXiv
Information-Theoretic Scoring Rules to Learn Additive Bayesian Network Applied to Epidemiology PDF (2018), arXiv