Mariaclelia Di Serio

Mariaclelia Di Serio is Associate Professor of Statistics (SECS-S/01) in the Faculty of Psychology and has taught Biostatistics in the Faculty of Medicine at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan) since 1998. She also serves as Director of the University Center for Statistics for Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB) since 2005.

Education & International Training:

• PhD in Mathematical Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), 1996
• Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), 1995–1996
• Visiting researcher/postdoc: Duke University, UCLA, Case Western Reserve University, Johns Hopkins University (1996–2000)

Research interests lie at the intersection of advanced statistical modelling and biomedical application. Her work spans survival analysis with competing risks, Bayesian networks, latent class models, and adaptive clinical trial design, predominantly applied to neuroscience, gene-therapy trials, oncology, infectious diseases and public health.

Across more than 140 peer-reviewed publications, recent output shows a clear concentration on precision medicine, gene therapy evaluation, COVID-19 immune profiling, and real-world evidence studies. Statistical innovation is consistently coupled with high-impact clinical collaborations, producing papers in Nature Medicine, Brain, Nature Communications, and leading statistical journals.

Scientific awards & service:

• Member, Executive Committee, International Biometric Society (2023-2026)
• Ordinary Member, Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere (since 2020)
• Multiple terms on Council/Directive Committee, International Biometric Society (2019-2023, 2020-2023)

Doctoral training & grants: She has supervised and taught in doctoral programmes at Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Philosophy & Mind Sciences, Decision Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology) and at University of Milano-Bicocca (Public Health). She coordinated the establishment of the Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research (Technical University of Munich, 2001–2002), funded by the Multiple Sclerosis International Foundation, and remains an external partner.

Laboratories & centres: As Director of CUSSB (University Center for Statistics for Biomedical Sciences) she leads an interdisciplinary hub providing statistical leadership for clinical departments and large-scale translational projects across San Raffaele’s hospitals and research institutes.