My PhD project aims to assess growth and BMI trajectories and characterize the risk of overweight and obesity among childhood cancer patients and survivors. Additionally, I coordinate the development of clinical guidelines for the management and surveillance of overweight and obesity in childhood cancer survivors as part of the International Guideline Harmonization Group (IGHG).

Education and Courses

2025 - ongoing
PhD candidate, Paediatric Cancer Epidemiology Group, Childhood and Adolescent Health group, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

2021 – 2024
MSc in biostatistics, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

2018 – 2021
BSc in medical biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy

Work experience

2025 – ongoing
PhD candidate, Paediatric Cancer Epidemiology Group, Child and Adolescent Health group, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

2025
Research assistant, Department of Public Health, University of Milan, Italy

2024
Research assistant, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden