Adrian G. Zucco

Adrian G. Zucco

Postdoc in Complexity and Big Data

University of Copenhagen

I’m a curious researcher interested in the complexity of our inner experiences and the world around us with the purpose of improving our health and well-being:

  • Methodologically, I focus on applying explainable machine learning as a scientific tool to model complexity. Specifically, within the realm of public health and epidemiology, these tools hold the potential to uncover patterns, mechanisms, and dynamics of diseases arising from the interplay of diverse biopsychosocial factors.
  • Academically, I have contributed to the fields of bioinformatics, immunology, and infectious diseases (mainly HIV and COVID-19). More recently, I have broadened my scope to explore how mental health and societal factors contribute to or moderate the onset of diseases.
  • On a personal level, I strive to challenge and overcome limiting assumptions in statistics and biomedical research by integrating interdisciplinary insights from philosophy, cognitive and contemplative science, causal inference, artificial intelligence, and complexity science.
  • Socially, I advocate for open-source and reproducible research. I also actively explore innovative formats for scientific communication and teaching to the general public.
Interests
  • Explainable Machine Learning
  • Public Health
  • Complex Systems
  • Immunology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy
Education
  • PhD in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

    University of Copenhagen

  • MSc in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

    Technical University of Denmark

  • BSc in Biochemistry

    Autonomous University of Madrid

Projects

Copenhagen Health Complexity Center

Copenhagen Health Complexity Center

Member of the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

DANLIFE (The DANish LIFE course cohort)

DANLIFE (The DANish LIFE course cohort)

The DANish LIFE course cohort (DANLIFE) is a nationwide, register-based, life-course cohort that is based on comprehensive and continuously updated information on social adversity and major life events from the Danish registers.

Disease trajectories in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

Disease trajectories in the European Health Data Space (EHDS)

Use case to study longitudinal health trajectories - and in particular those leading to cardiometabolic diseases using machine learning.

The Young Sleep Program

The Young Sleep Program

Patterns, mechanisms, and dynamics underlying sleep health in young adults.

Publications

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