Gian Luca Di Tanna
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, UNSW Sydney, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Research areas: Medicine · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Meta-analysis and systematic reviews · Diabetes Treatment and Management
About
Gian Luca Di Tanna (PhD, MPhil, MSc) is an international expert on statistical methods in randomized clinical trials and observational research with a specific interest on Bayesian methods, evidence synthesis/meta-analysis and their use to inform new studies and health economic evaluations. He has joined SUPSI in September 2022 after various academic appointments at the George Institute for Global Health / Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia, Queen Mary University of London, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University of Birmingham and at the Sapienza University of Rome with teaching assignments also at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. He is actively involved in the correct use of systematic reviews and statistical methods for pooling evidence in his capacity as Statistical Editor of Cochrane groups. He is a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society and Accredited Statistician of the Statistical Society of Australia.
Employment
- 2026 - Present
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University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland Full Professor of BioStatistics and Health Economics, Head of Research and Services2022 - 2026
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University of New South Wales Associate Professor2019 - Present
Education
Education history is unavailable.
Projects & Funding
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Reactive household-based self-administered treatment against residual malaria transmission: a cluster randomised trial Medical Research Council2015 - 2019
Publications (268)
- Ambient PM₂.₅, residential greenspace, and household healthcare expenditure in Shandong, China Save
- Is hemorrhoidal surgery really unsafe in inflammatory bowel disease? Results from the HEAD-IBD multicenter study on behalf of IG-IBD Save
- The efficacy of interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes among women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus—First update of a living systematic review and meta‐analysis Save
- Comparison of 3 Dual Single-Pill Combinations for Blood Pressure Lowering: A Secondary Analysis of an International Randomized Trial Save
- Drivers of and implementation strategies for influenza vaccination for cardiovascular populations in China: a scoping review Save
- Comment on “Meta‐Analysis of Cost‐Effectiveness” by Bang and Zhao: Combinability, Joint Modeling, and a Two‐Stage Framework for Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis Synthesis Save
- Projected Health and Economic Benefits of Air Quality Targets in China: Modeling Study Save
- Target trial emulation: bridging observational studies and randomized trials for health decision-making Save
- Promoting Brain Health: Report on Activities of the Bern Brain Health Working Group Save
- Influenza vaccination in patients with heart failure compared to usual practice Save
- Produce prescription to improve health among adults with type 2 diabetes in Australia Save
- A Statistical Inference Primer Save
- Bayesian Meta-Analysis Save
- Common Effect Meta-Analysis Save
- Eliciting Priors Save
- Emerging Topics in Bayesian Meta-Analysis Save
- How to Extract Statistics from Published Papers Save
- Individual Participant Data Save
- Informing Policy and Economic Evaluation Save
- Living Systematic Reviews and Bayesian Updating Save