Antonino Polizzi
Antonino Polizzi
DPhil in Sociology
Antonino’s research focus lies in the interplay between economic inequality, particularly poverty, and health over the life course. Prior to joining the University of Oxford, Antonino completed a Master’s degree in Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin, where he held a position as student research assistant at the chair of Microsociology. He also worked as student research assistant at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s public health institute. Antonino's research is funded by the Clarendon Fund and Nuffield College. He is also an affiliated student at the International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS).
Recent publications
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Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cause-of-death analysis of life expectancy changes in 24 countries, 2015 to 2022
Polizzi A. et al, (2024), PNAS Nexus, 4
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Lifetime risk of maternal near miss morbidity: a novel indicator of maternal health.
Gazeley U. et al, (2024), International journal of epidemiology, 53
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Working-age mortality is still an important driver of stagnating life expectancy in the United States
Polizzi A. and Dowd JB., (2024), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121