Duccio Medini

Duccio Medini is a Research Fellow at Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, specializing in integrating quantitative methodologies with genomics, preclinical, and clinical data to address global health challenges. His career spans over a decade in pharmaceutical R&D, with expertise in vaccine development, team leadership, and cross-functional international project management.

• Core Competences: Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Vaccine R&D, Population Genomics

Research Interests
His work focuses on meningococcal vaccine development, immunogenicity prediction, and public health impact assessment. He has pioneered synthetic control methods for evaluating vaccine efficacy and advanced dynamic modeling techniques for field effectiveness estimation.

Publication Trends
Over 12 years, his research evolved from molecular antigen characterization (2010) to population-level vaccine impact analysis (2016-2021), emphasizing data-driven approaches in vaccine epidemiology and translational research.

Leadership Roles
He has built high-performing teams of quantitative scientists and statisticians while contributing to regulatory approval pathways for major vaccine programs through rigorous statistical and computational analysis.