Background & Research Interests
I'm Matteo Ferro, I'm currently doing a PhD in the Doctoral Program for Population Health at Helsinki University supervised by Andrea Ganna.
I'm also a member of the DSGE Lab at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM).
My current projects focus on:
(1) Understanding medication purchase and prescription behavior determinants
(2) Exploring the application and transferability of EHR prediction models
More broadly, I am interested in how different data types and methodological approaches can improve public health outcomes.
I love reading scientific literature and I write about these topics in my blog Health Data Science
Education & Work Experience
2025 - now : PhD in Population Health, University of Helsinki, FIMM, Finland
2023 - 2025 : Research Assistant, DSGE Lab, FIMM, Finland
2021 - 2023 : MSc in Biostatistics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
2017 - 2020 : BSc in Statistics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Honors / Awards / News
• 02/2026: University of Helsinki travel grant (2000 EUR)
• 01/2026: Cephalalgia "Editor's Choice" award for publication: "Clinical and genetic characterization of non-optimal triptan response among migraine patients"
• 09/2023: Finalist team at the BioFinland pitching competition
• 09/2022: ERASMUS+ traineeship grant (3000 EUR)
