Research Profile

Ursino's main research interest is in Biostatistics, in particular in statistical genetics, in ordinal data arising from patients (VAS) pain score and dose finding.

Background

Moreno is a Research Fellow in Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers de Jussieu (CRC). His primary role in InSPiRe WP1 is to review literature and code and compare existing methods. He is a mathematical engineer with a PhD in Biostatistics, awarded from the Politecnico di Torino in 2014, thesis title “Ordinal data: a new model with applications”, supervisor professor Mauro Gasparini. He worked in collaboration with doctors of the Gastroenterology Ward of Cardinal Massaia Hospital (Asti – Italy), to analyze ordinal data arising in patients using VAS pain intensity scale, and with biologists of HuGeF (Turin – Italy), on statistical genetics.