Laura Pierini is an experienced researcher currently serving as an Assegnista di ricerca at Istituto Mario Negri since March 2024. Prior to this role, Laura worked at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca from December 2023 to January 2024, focusing on literature review for a meta-analysis related to chronic diseases and developing statistical and machine learning models for disease prediction. From September 2021 to November 2023, Laura was a tutor at Il-Cubo corsi e lezioni. Laura holds a Laurea Magistrale in Biostatistica from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, completed in October 2023, and participated in an Erasmus program at Stockholm University between August 2022 and January 2023. Earlier education includes a Laurea triennale in Statistica from Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (October 2018 - July 2021) and a diploma from Liceo Scientifico B. Russell (September 2013 - July 2018).