Francesco Masedu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L’Aquila. He also serves as a Scientific Chair of the Healthy World Association (HWA) for Biostatistics. Francesco Masedu holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Siena, and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Statistics and Epidemiological Methodology from the University of L'Aquila with the thesis “Queuing theory and healthcare planning (2000)”. Francesco Masedu is a member of the Italian Society of Medical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology (SISMEC) and of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA). His research area includes longitudinal studies methods, epidemiological study design, risk models and risk assessment, clinical trials, observational studies, and meta-analysis.