Elia Biganzoli

Elia Biganzoli, PhD. Born 18 April 1966, Tradate (VA). Faculty of Sciences-University of Milano, 1988 degree in Biology, Summa Cum Laude. Post-graduate degree, 1994-1996 PhD in Medical Statistics at University of Milano, Summa Cum Laude. 1989-94 Research fellow, Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Sciences-Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation, Milano. 1989-94 Research associate for drug discovery, assay development, high throughput screening and data analysis, Lepetit Research Center (Marion Merrel Dow, USA), Gerenzano (VA). From 1995 Senior Biostatistician, Unit of Medical Statistics and Biometry, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan. 2000-2007 Contract Professor of Biostatistics, Faculty of Statistics, University of Milano-Bicocca. 2000-2004 Executive Committee of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics. 2004–2008 Task Force Leader Evaluation & Benchmarking, BIOPATTERN Network of Excellence FP6 project: "Computational Intelligence for Biopattern Analysis in Support of eHealthcare". 2005–2009 Board of the International Biometric Society, Italian Region. From 2007 to 2018 Associate Professor, from 28 December 2018 Full Professor in Medical Statistics (ASN 2012 qualification) at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan, 2009 Cofounder of the IEEE Neural Network Society Special Interest Group Biopattern. From 2008-16 he was biostatistician of the Ethics Committees of Ospedale di Melegnano and Fondazione IRCCS Ca’Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico in Milano. Responsible and participant to national and international project grants with Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro AIRC (scientific testimonial 2018), National Research Council-Polish Academy of Sciences, Italian Ministry of Health, Italian Ministry of the University and Research, European Commission. Biostatistical consultant for the application of bioinformatics in drug discovery and development in industrial biotechnology and pharmaceutical research (Nerviano-MS, Italy; Themis-ICTA, France). Italian Government research consultant for ILVA, Taranto