Pietro Procopio

Pietro Procopio

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

pietro.procopio@nswcc.org.au

After a career as an astrophysicist, in 2016 Pietro has joined the breast cancer research group led by Dr. Carolyn Nickson at the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH). He is currently involved in a variety of projects including the development of a framework for the validation of automated software (AutoDensity) as well as the exploration of alternative techniques for mammographic density measurements, the expansion and further development of a clinical model for breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment across Australia, the application of machine learning techniques in the context of personalised risk model for breast cancer, the development of an automated pipeline for the systematic processing of large-scale database of mammogram images. Pietro has expertise in multiple programming languages, software development, computer simulations, physical modelling, statistical analysis, big data processing, and image processing. He enjoys exploring new fields of research, expanding his knowledge, and he is always keen to share his ideas with colleagues and with non-academics through outreach events.