Alessandro Gasparini
Principal Statistical Methodologist
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolAlessandro Gasparini is a Principal Statistical Methodologist with 11 years of experience applying advanced biostatistics and epidemiological methods to collaborative health research. He holds a PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Leicester and combines statistical consulting, training, and research software development at Red Door Analytics and Karolinska Institutet. An active R developer, he maintains CRAN packages rsimsum, comorbidity, and KMunicate—tools that have attracted thousands of downloads—and contributes polished UI themes to the popular xaringan presentation framework. He chairs an openstatsware working group and is a member of the ASA Biopharmaceutical Software Engineering WG, bridging methodological rigor with reproducible research practices. Based in Stockholm, he balances deep technical expertise with a knack for translating complex methods into usable software and training for multidisciplinary teams.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Degree in Statistics and Computing Technologies Statistics, Bachelor Degree in Statistics and Computing Technologies Statistics at Università degli Studi di PadovaHigh School Degree Economics Mathematics Computer Science, High School Degree Economics Mathematics Computer Science at ITC A. FusinieriMaster of Science Degree in Biostatistics and Experimental Statistics Biostatistics, Master of Science Degree in Biostatistics and Experimental Statistics Biostatistics at Università degli Studi di Milano-BicoccaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biostatistics at University of Leicester
Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, English
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Github Skills (12)
css10
rmarkdown10
presenter10
presentation-layer10
wp-theme10
presentationml10
ui-design10
wordpress-themes10
markdown-it9
markdown9
r8
icd6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
yihui/xaringan
Nov 2018 - Oct 2022
Presentation Ninja 幻灯忍者 · 写轮眼
Role in this project:
UI Designer
UI DesignerContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 11 comments in 4 years
Contributions summary:Alessandro primarily focused on creating and modifying themes for the `xaringan` presentation framework. They developed custom CSS files to implement new themes, including the UoL and Karolinska Institutet (KI) themes. The user adjusted font styles, colors, and layout to match the branding guidelines of those institutions and made updates to existing themes based on new visual identities, effectively customizing the user interface.
presentationpresentation-ninjanarutorstudioremarkjs
ellessenne/ellessenne
Jul 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
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