Dr. Emilio Gianicolo
Bonifatius Towers, A
18th floor, room 18.15
T: +49 6131 17 3124
emilio.gianicolo@uni-mainz.de
Coordinator of the Working Group on Evaluation of Political Interventions
Scientific Focus Areas
- Environmental epidemiology
- Modeling of air pollution exposure
- Occupational epidemiology
- Statistical methods
- Health services research
Current Projects and Activities
- Working Group on Evaluation of Political Interventions
- TiMo: Titanium dioxide dusts in workers at German production facilities: Investigation of lung cancer mortality (PDF 902,4 KB)
- EXPO-SACCO: Comparing different exposure models to be used in a case-control study on the association between childhood cancer and air pollution(PDF 902,4 KB)
- EXPOHEALTH: Research area “EXPOsure-related HEALTH effects”
Completed projects
- FAMOUS: Case-based care of multimorbid patients in general practice by Advanced Practice Nurses
- Telemedical Interdisciplinary Care for Patients with Esophageal Atresia (TIC-PEA)
- Brückenprojekt
- EVOID COVID-19 Teil A: Catalog of non-simultaneous measures to restrict the spread of COVID-19 in German federal states
- CORONA-Hotspots: Bridge project
Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Dr. rer. physiol. Emilio Gianicolo, MS, MSc
- Professional Experience
- From 15 April 2025: Acting Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research
- From 1 January 2020: Head of the Working Group on Evaluation of Political Interventions
- From 1 September 2018 to 31 December 2020: Coordinator, Core Facility Health Services Research
- 2013–2018: Visiting Scientist at IMBEI
- 2005-2025: Research Associate at the Institute of Clinical Physiology, Italian National Research Council, Lecce, Italy
- 2003–2004: Research Associate at the Biomedical Institute, Brindisi, Italy
- 1999–2003: Research Associate at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
- Academic education
- 2018: Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. physiol.) awarded by IMBEI
- 2001–2003: Studies in “Operational Research” and Decision Strategies at the Institute of Statistics, Sapienza University of Rome
- 1994: Studies in Statistics, Econometrics, and Economics of European Integration at University College Dublin, Ireland (Erasmus Program)
- 1992–1997: Studies in Statistics and Economics at the University of Bari, Italy
- Work experience
- Since 1.1.2020 coordinator AG Evaluation of political intervertions
- 1.9.2018-31.12.2020 coordinator "Core Facility Health Services Research"
- 2013-2018 Guest scientist at IMBEI
- 2005-2008 Researcher at the Institut of Clinical Physiology of the Italian National Research Council, Lecce, Italy - Head of the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit
- 2003‐2004 Researcher at Biomedic Institute, Brindisi, Italy - - Head of the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Unit
- 1998-2003 Researcher Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Rome, Italy
- Academic education
- 2018 PhD at IMBEI, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maria Blettner. Title of the doctor thesis: “Health effects of exposure to arsenic: an occupational study”.
- 2001-2003 Master in „Operational Research and Decision Strategies at the Institute of Statistic „La Sapienza“ University Rome. Main focus: statistics, informatics, sampling, organisation theory. Title of the master thesis: “Methodological aspects related to the measure of the prevalence of obesity among italian children. Results from a longitudinal study with 60.000 families partecipating”.
- 1994 Study of statistics, econometrics and economocs of european integration at the University College of Dublin, Irland (Erasmus).
- 1992-1997 Study of statistic and economics at the University Bari, Italiy. Supervisor: Prof. Vincenzo De Cosmo. Title of the master thesis: "Confronto dei principali indicatori di statistica economica dei paesi dell'Unione Europea". (Comparison of EU Countries according to the main macro-economics Indicators). Main focus: descriptiv and inferential statistics, sampling startegies, multivariate analysis.
Selected Publications
Gianicolo E, Russo A, Di Staso R, Ronckers CM, Schmidtmann I, Wollschläger D, Blettner M. A municipality-specific analysis to investigate persistent increased incidence rates of childhood leukaemia near the nuclear power plant of Krümmel in Germany. Eur J Epidemiol. 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-024-01182-w.
Di Staso R, Wollschläger D, Blettner M, Gianicolo E. Mortality risk associated to arsenic exposure after a major disaster. Results from the Manfredonia occupational cohort study 1976-2021. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2024.114428
Kemmerer P, Brach B, Kubiak T, Singer S, Gianicolo E.Association of risk perception and transport mode choice during the temporary closure of a major inner-city road bridge: results of a cross-sectional study. European Transport Research Review 15 (34). 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s12544-023-00608-y
Russo A, Terracini B, Blettner M, Gianicolo E.The incidence of leukemia in children living near nuclear power plants in Germany (2004–2019)—a registry-based study. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2023; 120: 679-80; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0171
Hansa J, Merzenich H, Cascant Ortolano L, Klug SJ, Blettner M, Gianicolo E.Health risks of titanium dioxide (Ti02) dust exposure in occupational settings - A scoping review. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Jul;252:114212. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114212.
Russo A, Blettner M, Merzenich H, Wollschlaeger D, Erdmann F, Gianicolo E. Incidence of childhood leukemia before and after shut down of nuclear power plants in Germany in 2011: A population-based register study during 2004 to 2019. Int J Cancer. 2023. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34303.
Pfrommer LR, Schoeps M, Blettner M, Wollschläger D, Herm-Stapelberg N, Mittnacht L, Kachel P, Jahn K, Loewenich FDV, Gianicolo EAL. Self-Reported Reactogenicity After Different COVID-19 Vaccination Regimens–An Analysis of Registry-Based Data.Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2022. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0298.
Gianicolo E, Russo A, Büchler B, Taylor K, Stang A, Blettner M. Gender specific excess mortality in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic accounting for age. Eur J Epidemiol. 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s10654-021-00717-9
Merzenich H, Riccetti N, Hoffmann B, Blettner M, Forastiere F, Gianicolo E. Air pollution and airport apron workers: A neglected occupational setting in epidemiological research. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113649
Gianicolo E, Riccetti N, Blettner M, Karch A. Epidemiologische Maßzahlen im Rahmen der COVID-19-Pandemie. Deuthsches Ärzteblatt. 2020. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0336.
Gianicolo E, Eichler M, Muensterer O, Strauch K, Blettner M. Methods for Evaluating Causality in Observational Studies.Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020.
Mangia C, Cervino M, Russo A, Singer S, Gianicolo E. Effectiveness of an air quality intervention: an accountability studyin a highly polluted industrial town. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health. 2020.
Gianicolo E, Mangia C, Cervino M, Bruni A, Portaluri M, Comba P, Pirastu R, Biggeri A, Vigotti M, Blettner M. Long-term effect of arsenic exposure: Results from an occupational cohort study. Am J Ind Med. 2019.
Mangia C, Cervino M,Gianicolo E. Arsenic contamination assessment 40years after an industrial disaster: measurements and deposition modeling. Air Quality Atmosphere and Health. 2018.
Abu-Rmeileh NM, Gianicolo E, Bruni A, Mitwali S, Portaluri M, Bitar J, Hamad M, Giacaman R, Vigotti MA. Cancer mortality in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory. BMC Public Health. 2016.
Gianicolo E, Mangia C, Cervino M, Bruni A, Andreassi MG, Latini G. Congenital anomalies among live births in a high environmental risk area. A case-control study in Brindisi (Southern Italy). Environmental research. 2014.
Cresci M, Foffa I, Ait-Ali L, Pulignani S, Gianicolo EA, Botto N, Picano E, Andreassi MG. Maternal and paternal environmental risk factors, metabolizing GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms, and congenital heart disease. 2011.