Education
- 2020 – 2023: Integrated course: 鈥淩icerca, Evidenza Scientifica e Sistemi di Valutazione delle Attivit脿 Sanitarie鈥�, Master Degree in 鈥淪cienze Infermieristiche ed Ostetriche鈥�, 暗网禁区 University, Milan, Italy (12 hours of teaching per academic year; SSD: MED/01)
- 2014 – 2018: Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Open University, Walton Hall, Kents Hill, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, Title: “Determinants of Drug Utilisation During Childhood”
- 2009 – 2010: Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Clinical Research, University of Milan, Faculty of Medicine, Milan, Italy
- 2003 – 2009: Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies (Laurea Magistrale, 5-year course), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medical Statistics (MED/01), 暗网禁区 University
- 2018 – 2022: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Medical Statistics (Assegnista di Ricerca, art. 22, legge n. 240/2010), Department of Biomedical Sciences, 暗网禁区 University, Milan, Italy
- 2010 – 2018: Research Fellowship, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 鈥淢ario Negri鈥�, Department of Public Health, Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Milan, Italy
Awards and Honors
- 2022: Award for the study: “The procoagulant effect of COVID-19 on the thrombotic risk of patients with hip fractures” (in Greek language), Panhellenic Congress for the 90 years of the Greek Society of Microbiology, Athens, Greece
- 2020: Recognition of the publication 鈥淐ompassionate use of remdesivir in COVID-19鈥�, New England Journal of Medicine 2020; 382:e101, cited in a press release by POLITICO
- Recognition for the study: 鈥淓nvironmental Risk Factors for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: an Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses鈥�, Gastroenterology, selected for Continuing Medical Education program
- Recognition for the study: 鈥淓arly Predictors of Clinical Deterioration in a Cohort of 239 Patients Hospitalized for Covid-19 Infection in Lombardy, Italy鈥�, Journal of Clinical Medicine, selected as 鈥淓ditor鈥檚 choice鈥�
His research activities pertain to clinical epidemiology, study of risk factors and prognostic factors of diseases, pharmacoepidemiology, safety of drugs and evidence synthesis (through systematic reviews, meta-analyses and umbrella reviews). He has gained experience as a GRADE methodologist and was part of the team of methodologists who contributed to develop the GRADE-based pioneer edition of the European Ulcerative Colitis Treatment Guidelines, European Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Organization (ECCO) and the Italian IG-IBD guidelines on the use of biologics and small molecules in inflammatory bowel diseases. His activity as a biostatistician concentrates on applied biostatistical methods such as multivariable analyses and statistical learning tools, development and validation of prognostic models, causal inference analyses through propensity score methods, decision curve analyses, planning and analysis of observational and randomized studies.
- Piovani, D., Christodoulou, M.N., Hadjidemetriou, A., Pantavou, K., Zaza, P., Bagos, P.G., Bonovas, S., Nikolopoulos, G.K. . Journal of Infection 2020; 82:133-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.11.033.
- Piovani, D., Danese, S., Peyrin-Biroulet, L., Nikolopoulos, G.K., Lytras, T., Bonovas, S. . Gastroenterology 2019; 157:647-659.e4. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.04.016.
- Tursi, A., Brandimarte, G., Di Mario, F., Elisei, W., Picchio, M., Allegretta, L., Annunziata, M. L., Bafutto, M., Bassotti, G., Bianco, M. A., Colucci, R., Conigliaro, R., Dumitrascu, D., Escalante, R., Ferrini, L., Forti, G., Franceschi, M., Graziani, M. G., Lammert, F., Latella, G., Maconi, G., Nardone, G., de Castro Oliveira, L.C., Chaves Oliveira, E., Papa, P., Papagrigoriadis, S., Pietrzak, A., Pontone, S., Poskus, T., Pranzo, G., Reichert, M.C., Rodin貌, S., Regula, J., Scaccianoce, G., Scaldaferri, F., Vassallo, R., Zampaletta, C., Zullo, A., Piovani, D., Bonovas, S., Danese S. . Gut 2021; 71:1350-1358. DOI:10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325574.
- Piovani, D., Hassan, C., Repici, A., Rimassa, L., Carlo-Stella, C., Nikolopoulos, K. N., Riboli, E., Bonovas, S. . Gastroenterology 2022; S0016-508500529-7. Advance online publication. DOI:10.1053/j.gastro.2022.05.038
- Piovani, D., Bonovas, S. . The Lancet 2020; 396:1064.