M. Luz Calle

PhD in Mathematics Full Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Tecnology and Engineering (since 2022) Head of Biosciences Department (2018-2022) University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia Chair of the Master's degree in Omics Data Analysis (2012-2020) PI of the Bioinformatics and Bioimaging Group M.Luz Calle is Full Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, Tecnology and Engineering, University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia. With a background in Mathematics (BSc Mathematics, Universitat de Barcelona, 1986 and PhD in Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 1997), she teaches biostatistics and bioinformatics in the Biotechnology degree and the course “Statistical and data-mining methods for omics data analysis” in the Master of Sciences in Omics Data Analysis. She was Head of the Biosciences Department from 2018 to 2022 and chair of the Màster in Omics Data Analysis from 2012 to 2020. She is the group leader of the Bionformatics and Medical Statistics Group of the University of Vic (consolidated group 2014SGR-596). Her main research areas are statistical genetics, omics data analysis, microbiome data analysis and survival analysis. She works on the development of new methods for biomarker discovery, identification of genetic risk profiles and construction of dynamic models of disease prognosis. She is also interested in statistical methods for integration of multi-omics data and compositional data approaches in metagenomics. She was the President of the Spanish Region of the International Biometric Society (2012 and 2013) and the Vicepresident (2014). She is member of several scientific societies: BiostatNet-Spanish National Network in Biostatistics, Catalan Statistical Society, Spanish Society of Statistics and Operational Research, International Biometric Society, International Society for Clinical Biostatistics, International Genetic Epidemiology Society.