{"id":43,"date":"2026-05-04T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:23:47","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"43\" class=\"elementor elementor-43\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f43bb83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f43bb83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed6dd93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ed6dd93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\npa {\r\n    font-size: 18px;\r\n        text-align: justify;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media (min-width: 1025px) {\r\n  .mio-spazio {\r\n    height: 40px;\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"Research lines\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"mio-spazio\"><\/div>\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    <h1>Research lines<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-308addc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"308addc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f3500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"59f3500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n.research-grid{\n  display:grid;\n  grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;\n  gap:15px;\n}\n\n.research-card a {\n  text-decoration: none;\n  transition: all 0.2s ease;\n}\n\n\/* hover: SOLO sottolineatura *\/\n.research-card a:hover {\n  text-decoration: underline;\n  text-underline-offset: 3px;\n}\n\n\/* MOBILE *\/\n@media (max-width:768px){\n  .research-grid{\n    grid-template-columns:1fr;\n  }\n\n  .research-card{\n    min-height:300px;\n  }\n  \n  \n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"research-grid\">\n\n  <!-- CARD 1 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Frailty.png') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/physical-frailty\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Physical Frailty\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> Physical frailty is a clinical syndrome characterized by reduced physiological reserves and a\ndiminished ability to cope with stressors, resulting from the cumulative decline of multiple\nbiological systems. Our research focuses on developing frailty measures based on administrative\nhealth data, identifying risk factors, and investigating the complex relationship between frailty and\nmultimorbidity.\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/physical-frailty\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          Publications\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- CARD 4 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/healthy-ageing\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Healthy Ageing\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> Healthy ageing is a multidimensional process that extends beyond the absence of disease,\nencompassing physical, psychological, and social well-being throughout later life. Our research is\ngrounded in close interdisciplinary collaboration with geriatricians, psychologists, public health\nexperts, and other specialists to better understand the determinants of healthy ageing and to promote\nevidence-based interventions.\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/healthy-ageing\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          Publications\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- CARD 6 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/POSET.png') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/partially-ordered-set-poset-theory\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Partially Ordered Set (POSET) Theory\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> Partially Ordered Set (POSET) theory provides a powerful framework for ranking individuals or\nunits based on multiple ordinal and binary variables without relying on arbitrary weighting\nschemes. Our research has extended POSET methodology to a variety of applications, including\nmultidimensional ranking, treatment balancing, and methodological developments for complex\nhealth data.\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/partially-ordered-set-poset-theory\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          Publications\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <!-- CARD 2 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Multimorbidity.png') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/multimorbidity\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Multimorbidity\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> Multimorbidity, defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases in the same individual,\nis one of the greatest challenges posed by population ageing. Our research investigates\nmultimorbidity patterns, their evolution over time, and the mechanisms through which multiple\nchronic conditions contribute to the development of frailty using advanced statistical and graphical\nmodelling approaches.\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/multimorbidity\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          Publications\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <!-- CARD 3 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Cluster.png') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/disease-clusters\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Disease clusters\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> The identification of geographical clusters of disease and mortality is a key challenge in public\nhealth, supporting the detection of spatial inequalities and the planning of targeted interventions.\nOur research develops innovative statistical methods for identifying disease and mortality clusters\nwhile accounting for the complex relationships among different groups of diseases.\n      <\/p>\n\n\n      <p style=\"margin:8px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/disease-clusters\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          Publications\n        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <!-- CARD 5 -->\n  <div class=\"research-card\" style=\"\n    background:url('https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CausalInference.png') center\/cover;\n    position:relative;\n    display:flex;\n    align-items:center;\n    justify-content:center;\n    text-align:center;\n    color:white;\n    border-radius:12px;\n    overflow:hidden;\n    transition:transform 0.3s ease;\n    min-height:300px;\n  \" onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='scale(1.03)'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='scale(1)'\">\n\n    <div style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.60);\"><\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"position:relative;padding:20px;max-width:90%;\">\n\n      <h2 style=\"margin:0;font-size:33px;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.stat.unipd.it\/index.php\/publications\/causal-inference\/\" style=\"color:#8ecae6;\">\n          Causal inference\n        <\/a>\n      <\/h2>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:10px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;\">\n        \n      <\/p>\n\n      <p style=\"margin:12px 0 0 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/homes.stat.unipd.it\/giovannaboccuzzo\/en\/home-2\/\" style=\"color:#ffd166;\">\n          <\/a> Understanding the determinants of health requires moving beyond association towards causal\ninterpretation. 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