Andrea Cremaschi

About my work

I am currently Assistant Professor at the School, of Science and Technology, IE University in Madrid, Spain.

My research interests include both methodological and applied aspects of Statistics, particularly within the Bayesian framework. One of my main interests is Bayesian nonparametrics (BNP), and the use of flexible mixture models for inference in scenarios where the data present peculiar features. In recent works, I focussed on modelling data presenting deviation from Gaussianity and a sparse dependence structure, group-specific dependencies, as well as the flexible modelling of mixed-type covariates. Other research interests are model-based cluster analysis, graphical models, multiple response analysis and item-response theory.

Selected Publications

Cremaschi A, Wertz T, De Iorio M. “Repulsion, Chaos and Equilibrium in Mixture Models”. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B (Statistical Methodology), 2024 Oct 10.

Cremaschi A, De Iorio M, Kothandaraman N, Yap F, Tint MT and Eriksson J (2023) Joint modelling of association networks and longitudinal biomarkers: an application to child obesity. Statistics in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9994

Kee MZL, Cremaschi A, De Iorio M, Chen H, Montreuil T, Nguyen TV, Côté SM, O’Donnell KJ, Giesbrecht GF, Letourneau N, Chan SY and Meaney MJ (2023) Perinatal Trajectories of Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Prospective, Community-Based Cohorts across Three Continents. JAMA Network Open, 6(10), e2339942-e2339942.

Cremaschi A, Argiento R, De Iorio M, Shirong C, Chong YS, Meaney MJ, Kee MZ (2022) Seemingly Unrelated Multi-State processes: a Bayesian semiparametric approach. Bayesian Analysis, 1(1), pp.1-23.

Mozdzen A, Cremaschi A, Cadonna A, Guglielmi A, Kastner G (2022) Bayesian modeling and clustering for spatio-temporal areal data: an application to Italian unemployment. Spatial Statistics, 52, p.100715.

Franzolini B, Cremaschi A, Boom WvD and De Iorio M (2022) Bayesian clustering of multiple zero-inflated outcomes. “Bayesian Inference: Challenges, Perspective, and Prospects” issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, guest edited by Professor Michael Jordan, Professor Christian Robert and Professor Judith Rousseau.

Molinari M, Cremaschi A, De Iorio M, Chaturvedi N, Hughes AD, Tillin T (2022) Bayesian Dynamic Network Modelling: an application to metabolic associations in cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Applied Statistics, pp.1-25.

Molinari M, Cremaschi A, De Iorio M, Chaturvedi N, Hughes AD, Tillin T (2022) Bayesian nonparametric modelling of multiple graphs with an application to ethnic metabolic differences. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 71(5), 1181-1204.

Cremaschi A, De Iorio M, Chong YS, Meaney MJ, Kee MZ (2021) A Bayesian nonparametric approach to dynamic item-response modelling: an application to the GUSTO cohort study. Statistics in Medicine, 40(27), pp.6021-6037.

Rønneberg L, Cremaschi A, Hanes R, Enserink J, Zucknick M (2021) bayesynergy: flexible Bayesian modelling of synergistic interaction effects in in-vitro drug combination experiments. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 22(6), p.bbab251.

Wade S, Piccarreta R, Cremaschi A, Antoniano-Villalobos I (2021) Colombian Women’s Life Patterns: A Multivariate Density Regression Approach. Bayesian Analysis, 17(2), pp.405-433.

Argiento R, Cremaschi A, Vannucci M (2019) Hierarchical Normalized Completely Random Measures to Cluster Grouped Data. JASA, 1-43.

Cremaschi A, Argiento R, Shoemaker K, Peterson C, Vannucci M (2019) Hierarchical Normalized Completely Random Measures for Robust Graphical Modeling. Bayesian Analysis (honourable mention in Lindley prize 2019), 1-31.

Argiento R, Cremaschi A, Guglielmi A (2014) A “Density-Based” Algorithm for Cluster Analysis Using Species Sampling Gaussian Mixture Models. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 23(4), 1126-1142. DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2013.856796

Pipeline

De Iorio M, van den Boom W, Beskos A, Jasra A, Cremaschi A. “Graph of Graphs: From Nodes to Supernodes in Graphical Models” arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.11741.

Cremaschi A, Cadonna A, Guglielmi A, Quintana F. “A change-point random partition model for large spatio-temporal datasets” arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.12396.

Research activity @ A*STAR, Singapore

The work I am conducting at A*STAR focuses on the implementation of advanced, often semi-parametric, Bayesian models to real-life data applications. In particular, I am interested in studying challenging datasets, involving mixed-type responses, covariates and time dynamics. In this framework, the application of Bayesian nonparametric models allows for a more flexible fitting. The focus of my work is on detection of modifiable factors for early intervention, by analysisng data from large cohorts involving children and their parents. The aspects I mostly focus on are transaltional neuroscience, metabolomics and child development. I am also interested in the cost-effectiveness analysis of intervention strategies in the framework of Health Economics.

PostDoc activity @ UiO, Oslo

The three PostDoc years in Oslo have been pivotal in building my research interests. There, I have been able to learn a lot about Biostatistics and real-life data applications, and often had the possibility to participate by providing useful statistical insights to the study. In close collaboration with the Institute for Cancer Research and the Norwegian Centre for Molecular Medicine (NCMM), I focused on the analysis of dose-response data derived from cancer patients. In particular, my main project revolved around the study of drug-drug combination experiments, i.e. in-vitro assays in which multiple drugs are tested simultaneously. The aim of the study is to quantify the differential effect emerging from such experiments via the specification of suitable statistical models.

Curriculum Vitae

Here you can find my full CV.

Contact

Email: andreacremaschi87@gmail.com

…and a little more

Work is one of my priorities - for sure - but not the only one. I like to keep myself busy with many activities. I often swim, practice yoga and enjoy walking in nature. When climate/season allows, I really like cross-country skiing (something I learnt in Norway!). For more relaxing times, I am a decent cook and enjoy gathering herbs, berries and mushrooms.