XIII Workshop of the Probability and Statistics group
CIDMA & Dmat - University of Aveiro
Speaker: Vera Afreixo - Department of Mathematics, University of Aveiro
Title of the talk: Meta-Analysis with R: Fundamentals and Practical Applications
Vera Afreixo is Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Aveiro and researcher at the CIDMA, where she coordinates the Biomathematics research line. Her research focuses on probability and statistics, particularly variable selection, meta-analysis, and medical statistics, with over 100 publications in international journals in these areas. She serves as a reviewer for various journals and is a member of the scientific committee for several conferences. Founder of the Medical Statistics project at UA, she has edited six volumes of the Journal of Statistics in Health Decision, organized six conferences, and played a key role in establishing the Master's in Medical Statistics and the Specialization Course in Applied Statistics for Health Sciences. She maintains data analysis collaborations with the Clinical Academic Center (CAC), strengthening the connection between research and clinical practice. She has participated in twelve research projects, coordinating one of them. Additionally, she has supervised 30 master's students and four doctoral students.
ORCID: 0000-0003-1051-8084