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Sofia Massa

PhD in Statistical Sciences (Padua)


OCTRU Lead Statistician

  • Lead the design, statistical methods and analysis of a portfolio of randomised controlled trials and health research studies conducted by OCTRU and CSM.
  • Associate Editor for Biometrical Journal
  • Member of the Statistics Senior Management Group
  • Mentor and Line Manager for junior Statisticians
  • Supervisor of DPhil and MSc students
  • Assessor for MSc dissertations and also acted as internal and external examiner for DPhil students
  • Developing and teaching short courses for the MSD Skills Training program and OCTRU training program

Before joining NDORMS I was a Senior Statistician and Module Lead in Statistics for the MSc in Epidemiology and Global Health in NDPH. I co-lead projects on large population studies (UKB, CKB, Cuba Prospective Study, Life Line Screening, TILDA among others) on developing risk prediction models for cardiovascular disease. I also investigated the association of infectious respiratory diseases with smoking and adiposity and was involved in further research in frailty and its assessment in the older population. During this period I was also a Statistical Editor for Cochrane Reviews.

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