22 set - Milano
Human Technopole
Build the science that shapes the future of human health.
Application closing date: 10.09.2026
Join a place where ambitious science thrives
Human Technopole (Milan) is a rapidly expanding life science institute where international researchers and cutting-edge technologies converge to accelerate biomedical discovery. Our mission is to transform bold scientific ideas into advances that improve human health.
About The Group
The Zuccolo group studies maternal and child health through epidemiology, statistics, and data science, focusing on understanding health trends, risk factors, and the intergenerational effects of family and parent-offspring relationships on health and wellbeing.
Internship Project Description
We are seeking a motivated intern to join our team and contribute to advancing research on women’s health. Building on ongoing projects, you will assist in performing advanced statistical modelling to explore emerging scientific questions including:
safety of drug use in pregnancy; drivers and consequences of discontinuation around pregnancy; mediation and composite-phenotype models for the determination of climate extreme impacts or multiple joint exposures.
Grow Your Skills
You will enhance your scientific and professional skills by:
Reviewing literature and extracting data from publicly available sources
Handling large-scale data from administrative data sources
Computing estimates of disease burden
Defining analytical protocols and pipelines
Completing advanced statistical modelling
Producing data visualisations and project reports.
Human Technopole supports career development through training, mentoring and dedicated learning opportunities.
Essential
What you'll bring
MSc in epidemiology or biostatistics or related subject.
Excellent knowledge of programming language (R or Python).
Proven experience of analysing large scale data for population health science projects.
Experience of advanced mathematical/statistical modelling in medicine and/o
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