Joana Dias
Expert Biostatistics
Sweden
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Top SchoolJoana Dias is an Expert Biostatistician with over 15 years of experience and more than a decade at ECDC, specializing in statistical methods for routine surveillance, outbreak response and spatio-temporal infectious disease modelling. She combines strong academic training—multiple masters and ongoing PhD in Health and Data Science—with hands-on expertise in analysing very large administrative datasets and implementing reproducible analyses in R, STATA and other epidemiology tools. At ECDC she coordinates and delivers training on Time Series Analysis, Multivariable Modelling and Data Visualisation, translating complex quantitative concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. Her background bridging mathematics, applied statistics and epidemiology enables her to design robust surveillance analytics and lead multi-disciplinary teams during public health emergencies. An understated strength is her track record of adapting academic research into practical, policy-relevant tools used across European public health networks.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Mathematics, Master's degree, Mathematics at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do PortoMaster's degree, Applied Statistics and Modelling, Master's degree, Applied Statistics and Modelling at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoPhD, Health and Data Science, PhD, Health and Data Science at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do PortoPhD, Applied Mathematics (Suspended due to professional commitments), PhD, Applied Mathematics (Suspended due to professional commitments) at Universidade do Porto
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Swedish
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
joanagomesdias/ProgrammingAssignment2
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
r-programming
EU-ECDC/LegionnairesDiseaseInEUEEA
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 day
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