Maura Mezzetti

Maura Mezzetti is a Full Professor of Statistics at the Department of Economics and Finance, Università degli Studi di Roma II (Tor Vergata), Rome, Italy. Her career spans institutions such as Harvard School of Public Health, Università Bocconi, and European Institute of Oncology. She holds a PhD in Methodological Statistics from Università di Trento (1997) and a Laurea in Mathematics from Università di Milano (1992).

• Current Position: Full Professor (2021–Present)
• Former Roles: Associate Professor (2010–2021), Assistant Professor (2004–2010, Tor Vergata; 2000–2005, Bocconi)

Research Interests: She specializes in Bayesian statistical methods for spatially correlated data, hierarchical modeling, survival analysis, and biostatistics. Her work addresses public health challenges like cancer incidence modeling, socioeconomic disparities in disease burden, and psychometric/motor behavior analysis. She has developed Bayesian compartmental models for chemical exposure studies and contributed to epidemiological research on breast and colorectal cancer risk factors.

Scientific Awards:

• Yamagiwa-Yoshida Fellowship (2014)
• ICRETT Fellowships (2012)
• Excellence in Research (2005) from Bocconi
• AIRC Fellowships (1998, 1993)

Teaching Contributions: She has taught Statistics at undergraduate and graduate levels across Tor Vergata and Bocconi, including specialized courses in medicine, European economy, and data analysis. Her pedagogical efforts include authoring educational materials like "Statistica Descrittiva: Esercizi risolti e guida alla soluzione usando Excel" (2002).