Simone Marini

Simone Marini, PHD

Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Epidemiology
Business Phone: (352) 294-8951
Business Email: simone.marini@ufl.edu

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About Simone Marini

Simone Marini, PhD is a biomedical engineer by training. He designs AI applications for medicine, molecular biology, and public health. These applications are aimed at (a) enhancing the understanding the molecular machinery of the studied phenomena, e.g., providing a biological insight, hypothesis generation; (b) assisting clinical and public health decision making, e.g., diagnosis, prognosis, causal inference; and (c) facilitating research and data analysis (bioinformatics tools). Dr. Marini is currently focused on HIV, SARS-CoV-2, antimicrobial resistance, and the molecular aspects of the inflammatory process. Dr. Marini teaches two graduate courses: Topics in Precision Medicine and Public Health Informatics, and Computational Data Science for Epidemiology.

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Teaching Profile

Courses Taught

  1. PHC7083 – Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Epidemiology and Population Health

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  2. PHC7199 – Topics in Precision Medicine and Public Health Informatics

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  3. PHC6941 – MPH Applied Practice Experience

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

  4. PHC7918 – Epidemiology Independent Study

    College of Public Health and Health Professions

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-5704-3533

Areas of Interest

  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Data Integration
  • HIV
  • Inflammation
  • Machine Learning

Publications

Academic Articles

Presentations

  1. An anti-inflammatory gene expression signature is associated with CBD treatment in people living with HIV

    National / Invited. [Symposium]. Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research, Orlando

  2. Learning on Forecasting HIV Epidemic Based on Individuals’ Contact Networks

    International / Refereed. [Poster]. NIH, Rome, Italy

  3. OCTOPUS: Disk-based, Multiplatform, Mobile-friendly Metagenomics Classifier

    International / Refereed. [Paper]. NIH NIAID R01AI145552; NIH NIAID R01 AI170187; NIAID 1R01AI141810; NSF SCH 2013998,

Grants

  1. Causal AI for Predictive Modeling of Dengue Trajectories: A Comprehensive Approach Considering Climate Variability and Intervention Strategies

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    MERCK SHARP & DOHME
  2. Genomic characterization of antimicrobial resistance and viral co-infection patterns of Streptococcus pneumoniae by next-generation sequencing and artificial intelligence.

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    MERCK SHARP & DOHME
  3. Medical Marijuana and chronic musculoskeletal pain in older adults: a multi-level, precision medicine analysis

    Active

    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
  4. Recurrence of Cholera in Haiti: Exploration of Contributing Factors and Intervention Strategies

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
  5. A Phylodynamic Artificial Intelligence framework to predict evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Immunocompromised persons with HIV (PhAI-CoV)

    Active

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    NATL INST OF HLTH NIAID
  6. Expanding genomic surveillance and epidemiology capacity in Central Florida and Southeastern US

    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding:
    THE ROCKEFELLER FOU

Education

  1. PhD, Bioengineering

    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  2. MSc, Biomedical Engineering

    University of Pavia

  3. BSc, Biomedical Engineering

    University of Pavia

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-8951
Emails:
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
Box 100231
Dept. of Epidemiology
GAINESVILLE FL 32611
Business Street:
Box 100231
Dept. of Epidemiology
GAINESVILLE FL 32611