Alberto Pessia
Senior Statistician
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolAlberto Pessia is a senior statistician and biostatistician based in Helsinki with 11 years of experience applying advanced multivariate and Bayesian methods to clinical and molecular data. He has moved between academia and industry—leading statistical research on dose-response and drug combinations at FIMM and the University of Helsinki before joining Bayer—bridging methodological development with applied clinical trial work. His expertise spans survival analysis, dose-response modeling, and subgroup identification, complemented by hands-on development of in-house software to automate complex analyses. A PhD in Statistics and top honors in biostatistics from Sapienza underpin a strong foundation in probabilistic modeling, while his history of teaching and cross-disciplinary collaborations highlights an ability to communicate complex results to diverse audiences. Notably, he pairs rigorous statistical innovation with practical tooling, making advanced methods operational in real-world drug development settings.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Statistics, 110 out of 110 with distinction, Bachelor's degree, Statistics, 110 out of 110 with distinction at Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Statistics at University of Helsinki
Finnish, English, Italian
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Github Skills (39)
r-package10
categorical-data10
bayesian10
categorical10
genomics10
cluster-analysis10
clustering10
r9
binder9
julia8
meta-tags7
numerical-analysis6
data-analysis6
floating-point6
metadata6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
albertopessia/drda
Dec 2020 - Nov 2022
Dose-response data analysis
Contributions:1 release, 197 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 11 months
r-packagedata-analysisdosebinderdose-response
albertopessia/Kpax3.jl
Nov 2015 - Apr 2022
Bayesian bi-clustering of categorical data
Contributions:10 releases, 229 commits, 3 PRs in 6 years 5 months
mcmc-samplergenomicsmultivariate-analysisclusteringcategorical-data
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