Marzia Mancin is a Lead Statistician at the SCS1 – Microbiology Health Structure of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe). She graduated in Statistical and Economic Science at the University of Padua (2001) and in Biostatistics and Experimental Statistic at the University of Milan Bicocca (2004). Moreover, she gained a specialization course in Medical statistics and clinical epidemiology at the University of Verona (2002). Since 2002, she has been working as statistician at the IZSVe, providing support in the study design, data analysis and results interpretation for national and international projects in the fields of food safety, Avian influenza/Newcastle disease and rabies. During her career, she has been involved in the writing of several report for national and international authorities.She is involved in teaching and dissemination activities. She has co-authored more than 50 papers published in international journals. In the last years, she focused on the statistical methodologies applied to the quality control of laboratories, becoming the person in charge of the international (FAO and OIE) proficiency testing on Avian influenza/Newcastle disease and rabies and national proficiency testing AQUA of IZSVe. She is a member of the technical committee for the ISO/TC 69 “Applications of statistical methods” and the Eurachem proficiency testing working group.