Mattia Manica successfully completed the Coursera course Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp 1 from Johns Hopkins University with distinction in January 2015. The course covered key mathematical and statistical topics to help students better understand biostatistics. Successful students gained a basic understanding of the goals, assumptions, benefits and negatives of probability modeling in medical sciences. The certificate was signed by Brian Caffo, PhD, MS from the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.