Stefano Merler’s research has covered a range of scientific topics related to the epidemiology of infectious diseases, the statistical, mathematical and computational modelling of infectious diseases transmission, the evaluation of the effectiveness of intervention measures. I have carried out research on emerging infectious diseases (influenza, SARS-CoV-2), vector-borne diseases (chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika, dengue), antimicrobial resistance (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase producing), childhood diseases (morbillo, chickenpox, respiratory syncytial virus, tuberculosis), filoviruses (Zaire and Sudan ebolavirues, Marburg), sexually transmitted diseases (mpox). During the COVID-19 pandemic he served as scientific advisor for the Italian National Institute of Health, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Special Commissioner for the COVID-19 Emergency and the Italian Scientific and Technical Committee. During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic he served as scientific advisor for the Italian National Institute of Health.
Author of 176 research papers, with 156 academic papers for a cumulative JCR 2022 - Impact Factor (updated June 2023) of 1610.5 and 20 conference proceedings and book chapters; h-index: 44 (Scopus); total citations: 13164 (Scopus).
