Research assignment holder
Organizational affiliation: Department of Food and Drug
SSD: Food and Dietetic Sciences (MEDS-08/C)

Presentazione

Mirko Treccani is a post-doctoral researcher at the Human Nutrition Unit of the University of Parma.
His research activities focus on human genomics, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. He applies multi-omics and computational genomics approaches like genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genotype imputation, and polygenic risk scores (PRS/PGS) to study multi-factorial diseases, cancer, complex and metabolic traits, and their interaction with diet. He aims at developing personalised medicine medicine and precision nutrition approaches.

Curriculum Vitae

Career
2024-ongoing: Post-doctoral researcher at the Human Nutrition Unit, University of Parma
2023-ongoing: Visiting Researcher at Lyons group, University of Cambridge

Education:
2024: PhD in Applied Life and Health Sciences, University of Verona
2020: MSc in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, University of Verona
2018: BSc in Bioinformatics, University of Verona

Award:
2026: Fondazione Veronesi Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2025: Novogene Italian Sequencing Award
2024: 27th Francesco Rodella Award

Research

Publications