I am an epidemiologist with over 15-year experience in conducting observational research, including studies on the use, benefits, and safety of medications and regulatory-driven post-authorization safety studies. After my MD, I developed my knowledge and skills through a 4-year specialist training in Epidemiology and a master in Statistics. I worked in several therapeutic areas, including neurology, psychiatry, and oncology. I conducted studies using different real-world data, such as health care databases, medical records, clinical databases, and primary data. My research includes methodological issues related to the use of dispensation records and diagnostic codes (validation studies), descriptive and analytical studies.