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DR Davide Ferrari

Positions

Honorary, Mathematics and Statistics

Publications

Selected publications

2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Parsimonious and powerful composite likelihood testing for group difference and genotype-phenotype association. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 110. 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Chronic stress in mice remodels lymph vasculature to promote tumour cell dissemination. Nature Communications. 7. 2016
  - Parsimonious and Efficient Likelihood Composition by Gibbs Sampling. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. 25. 2016
  - Providing Insight into Data Source Topics 2016
  - Reliable inference for complex models by discriminative composite likelihood estimation. Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 144. 2016
  - Semisupervised Clustering by Iterative Partition and Regression with Neuroscience Applications. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2016
  - Sparse and robust normal and t- portfolios by penalized Lq-likelihood minimization. European Journal of Operational Research. 250. 2016
  - beta(2)-Adrenoceptors on tumor cells play a critical role in stress-enhanced metastasis in a mouse model of breast cancer 2016
2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - CONFIDENCE SETS FOR MODEL SELECTION BY F-TESTING. Statistica Sinica. 25. 2015
  - Confidence sets for model selection by F-testing. Statistica Sinica. 25. 2015
  - Robust heart rate variability analysis by generalized entropy minimization. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis. 82. 2015
  - beta 2-adrenoceptor signaling regulates invadopodia formation to enhance tumor cell invasion. Breast Cancer Research. 17. 2015
2014
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Chronic stress accelerates pancreatic cancer growth and invasion: A critical role for beta-adrenergic signaling in the pancreatic microenvironment. Brain, Behavior and Immunity. 40. 2014
  - Response improvement in complex experiments by co-information composite likelihood optimization. Statistics and Computing. 24. 2014
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - Discovering the topics of a data source: A statistical approach?. CEUR Workshop Proceedings. 2014
  - Fuzzy inference system to analyze ordinal variables: The case of evaluating teaching activity 2014
2013
- Research Book Chapters
  - Maximum Entropy Design in High Dimensions by Composite Likelihood Modelling. mODa 10 Advances in Model-Oriented Design and Analysis. Springer International Publishing. 2013
- Journal Articles
  - Non-bacterial protein expression in periodontal pockets by proteome analysis. Journal of Clinical Periodontology. 40. 2013
  - Productive HIV-1 infection of human cervical tissue ex vivo is associated with the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. Mucosal Immunology. 6. 2013
  - Surgical treatment of elderly patients with endometrial cancer (≥65years) 2013
2012
- Journal Articles
  - Congenital syphilis in Italy: A multicentre study. Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 97. 2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Unit nonresponse errors in income surveys: a case study. Quality and Quantity: international journal of methodology. 46. 2012
2011
- Book Chapters
  - Students’ Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness: Satisfaction and Related Factors. Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems. 2011
- Journal Articles
  - Web-based versus paper-based data collection for the evaluation of teaching activity: Empirical evidence from a case study. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 36. 2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Political institutions and central bank independence revisited. Applied Economics Letters. 18. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles
  - Setting of methods for analysis of mucosal antibodies in seminal and vaginal fluids of HIV seropositive subjects from Cambodian and Italian cohorts. PLoS One. 5. 2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Maximum Lq-Likelihood estimation. Annals of Statistics. 38. 2010
2009
- Research Book Chapters
  - An agent-based model of information flows in social dynamics. Complexity Perspectives on Innovation and Social Change, Springer. Springer Science+Business Media. 2009
  - Exaptive processes: an agent based model. Complexity Perspectives in Innovation and Social Change. Springer Science+Business Media. 2009
- Journal Articles
  - Abundant and superficial expression of C-type lectin receptors in ectocervix of women at risk of HIV infection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS). 51. 2009
  - P11-14. Analysis of mucosal antibodies in genital fluids of HIV seropositive subjects from Cambodian and Italian cohorts. Retrovirology. 6. 2009
2008
- Journal Articles
  - SOPHY Project: An observational study of vaginal pH and lifestyle in women of different ages and in different physiopathological conditions. Part I. Minerva Ginecologica: a journal on obstetrics and gynecology. 60. 2008
  - SOPHY project: An observational study of vaginal pH, lifestyle and correct intimate hygiene in women of different ages and in different physiopathological conditions. Part II. Minerva Ginecologica: a journal on obstetrics and gynecology. 60. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles
  - Natural mucosal antibodies reactive with first extracellular loop of CCR5 inhibit HIV-1 transport across human epithelial cells. AIDS. 21. 2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - An agent-based model of exaptative processes. European Management Review. 4. 2007
2006
- Journal Articles
  - Upregulation of interferon-α and RANTES in the cervix of HIV-1-seronegative women with high-risk behavior. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS). 43. 2006
2005
- Journal Articles
  - Determination of human papillomavirus (HPV) load and type in high-grade cervical lesions surgically resected from HIV-infected women during follow-up of HPV infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 40. 2005
2003
- Journal Articles
  - Long-term effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on cervical lesions in HIV-positive women. AIDS. 17. 2003
2001
- Journal Articles
  - High-dose-rate brachytherapy at 14 Gy per hour to point A: Preliminary results of a prospectively designed schedule for cancer of the cervix based on the linear-quadratic model. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 11. 2001
  - Human papillomavirus infection and associated cervical disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184. 2001
1999
- Journal Articles
  - Human papillomavirus with co-existing vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and vestibular papillomatosis 1999
  - Human papillomavirus with co-existing vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and vestibular papillomatosis. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 64. 1999
1998
- Journal Articles
  - Evaluation of the detection of human papillomavirus genotypes in cervical specimens by hybrid capture as screening for precancerous lesions in HIV-positive women. Journal of Medical Virology. 56. 1998
1996
- Journal Articles
  - Surgical Staging of Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva: Analysis of Treatment and Survival 1996
  - Topical oxatomide: An alternative approach for the treatment of vulvar lichen sclerosus. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 55. 1996
  - Vascular endothelial growth factor: Expression in human vulvar neoplastic and nonneoplastic tissues. Journal of Reproductive Medicine: for the obstetrician and gynecologist. 41. 1996
1995
- Journal Articles
  - Safety of multiple doses of intracervical prostaglandin E2 gel for labor induction 1995
1994
- Journal Articles
  - An unusual diagnosis of primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the vagina stage IE 1994
  - Rat embryo development on human sera is related to numbers of previous spontaneous abortions and nutritional factors. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 170. 1994
1991
- Journal Articles
  - Ablative cesarean section and post-partum hysterectomy: review of 11 years of obstetric practice 1991

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- DEVELOP A PROTOTYPE BIAS CORRECTION SCHEME FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE STRUCTURE AND INTENSITY FROM NWP FORECASTS awarded by BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY 2016
- AMSI Intern - MTS Intercoms - Reliable data-driven modelling of the security risk in buildings awarded by AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE (AMSI) 2014 - 2015
Grant
- Model selection confidence sets for high-dimensional data (Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 2014
- Variable selection confidence sets for high-dimensional data (International Research & Research Training Fund (IRRTF)) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Awards

Education and training

Ph.D., University of Minnesota 2008
M.Sc., University of Minnesota 2008
M.Sc., University of Modena and Reggio Emilia 2002

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- dferrari@unimelb.edu.au
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