Biostatistics
Patrizia Boracchi is an Associate Professor of Medical Statistics at the University of Milan and, for more than thirty years, has lent her statistical expertise to an impressively wide range of disciplines: rheumatology, oncology, cardiology, internal medicine, veterinary science, historical epidemiology… if there’s a dataset, chances are Patrizia has already approached it with her trademark methodological precision.
Originally trained as a biologist and later specialized in Medical Statistics, she has built a career that combines analytical rigor with genuine interdisciplinary collaboration. Over the years, she has worked with hospitals, research institutes, scientific societies and centers of excellence, contributing to the design of observational and experimental studies, the evaluation of prognostic markers, and the development of risk models — often in complex clinical settings where statistics is anything but a theoretical exercise.
She has served on ethics committees, participated in national and international projects — from models assessing influenza vaccination to studies on the COVID-19 pandemic — and is part of research groups ranging from animal oncology to the analysis of Milan’s mortorum libri from 1450 to 1800, demonstrating a curiosity unbothered by the boundaries of centuries or species.
Author of more than 230 publications and with an H-index of 51, Patrizia also brings statistics into the classroom, teaching students of Medicine, Nutrition Sciences, Microbiology and many PhD candidates. Those who work with her know well her ability to turn complex problems into analytical paths that are clear, structured and manageable.
When she is not dealing with survival models, neural networks or multicenter studies, she is often busy coordinating research teams or supporting young investigators. One constant remains: the conviction that good statistics is not just a technique, but a way of connecting different worlds and helping them speak a common language.