Dr Pamela Minicozzi graduated in Applied Mathematics from the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2006, then completed a Master in Medical Statistics and Statistical Methods for Epidemiology at the University of Milan (Italy) in 2009, followed by a PhD in Public Health and Educational Science in 2012 at the University of Pavia (Italy), and a Master in Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics at the University of Milan-Bicocca in 2018.

She was a Research Fellow in the Molecular Ecotossicology Unit, Department of Environmental Science and Life in Alessandria (Italy) in 2007. From 2007 to 2019, she worked as a Research Fellow in the Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan (Italy), on EUROCARE (European Cancer Registry-based study of survival and care of cancer patients) and related studies, like among others the European High Resolution Studies on inequalities in survival from breast, colorectal, and lung cancers, skin melanoma and haematological malignancies. She has been working in the Cancer Survival Group at LSHTM since August 2019.