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Francesca Dominici, Ph.D.

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Dr. Francesca Dominici is a data scientist whose pioneering scientific contributions have advanced public health research around the globe. Her life’s work has focused broadly on developing and advancing methods for the analysis of large, heterogeneous data sets to identify and understand the health impacts of environmental threats and inform policy.

Dr. Dominici received her B.S. in Statistics from University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy and her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Padua in Italy. She did her postdoctoral training with Scott L. Zeger and Jonathan M. Samet at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. In 1999, she was appointed Assistant Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and in 2007 she was promoted to Full Professor with tenure. Dr. Dominici was recruited to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a tenured Professor of Biostatistics in 2009. She was appointed Associate Dean of Information Technology in 2011 and Senior Associate Dean for Research in 2013. She is currently the Director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. Dr. Dominici was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2018.

Dr. Dominici is also the founder and the lead PI for the National Studies on Air Pollution and Health Group (NSAPH), which is a group of faculty, research scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and college students studying data science methodologies in the context of climate change, environmental impacts on health outcomes, and regulatory policy. The group has over 100 members and includes 25 Principal Investigators & Faculty over 12 institutions.

Dr. Dominici is also one of the lead PIs for the BUSPH-HSPH Climate Change and Health Research Coordinating Center, CAFÉ. The CAFÉ is a three-year cooperative agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a critical component of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative to manage and support ongoing climate change and health research and capacity building efforts.
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  1. R01ES034021 (ERTEFAIE, ASHKAN) Sep 23, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH
    Statistical methods to characterize causal mechanisms by which air pollution affects the recurrence of cardiovascular events
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  2. R01ES030616 (DOMINICI, FRANCESCA ;KIOUMOURTZOGLOU, MARIANTHI-ANNA) Mar 16, 2020 - Dec 31, 2024
    NIH
    Integrating Air Pollution Prediction Models: Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Health Studies
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  3. R01ES028033 (DOMINICI, FRANCESCA ;LADEN, FRANCINE) Dec 15, 2017 - Nov 30, 2023
    NIH
    Relationship Between Multiple Environmental Exposures and CVD Incidence and Survival: Vulnerability and Susceptibility
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  4. R21ES022585 (DOMINICI, FRANCESCA) Dec 18, 2013 - Nov 30, 2015
    NIH
    Vulnerability and Adaptation to Heat and Air Pollution in a Changing Climate
    Role: Principal Investigator
  5. K18HS021991 (DOMINICI, FRANCESCA) Sep 30, 2013 - Sep 29, 2015
    NIH
    A Translational Framework for Methodological Rigor to Improve Patient Centered Ou
    Role: Principal Investigator

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