Simone Accordini

Simone Accordini is an Associate Professor of Medical Statistics (MEDS-24/A) at the University of Verona's Department of Diagnostics and Public Health within the School of Medicine and Surgery. He has held this position since 2014 and serves on the Department Junta, School of Medicine Council, Human Research Approval Committee (CARP), and coordinates the PhD Programme in Applied Life and Health Sciences.

His educational background includes:

• Graduation in Statistical and Demographic Sciences, University of Padova (1997)
• Specialization in Health Statistics, University of Pavia (2000)

Accordini's research centers on respiratory disease epidemiology, with emphasis on asthma/COPD burden analysis, genetic epidemiology, and advanced statistical methods for multi-generational studies. He leads international projects including the EU Horizon 2020-funded ALEC study and coordinates Italian centers for the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS), focusing on socio-economic asthma burden and genetic risk factors through working groups on genetic epidemiology.

No scientific awards are specified in available records.

As PhD coordinator and principal investigator for major grants including the €6.3M ALEC project, he directs research teams across European cohorts. His teaching spans 7 degree programs including Medical Bioinformatics, Nursing, and Physiotherapy with courses in epidemiological methods, survival analysis, and evidence-based practice.

He leads the Section of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics (SESM) research group and contributes to multiple laboratories including LAPS (Physics Applied Laboratory) and FISH Lab within Verona's public health infrastructure.