Organi

Prof. Carlo La Vecchia

Università degli Studi di Milano

Email: carlo.lavecchia@unimi.it

Dr. La Vecchia received his medical degree from the University of Milan and a master of science degree in clinical epidemiology from Oxford University. He is recognized worldwide as a leading authority in cancer aetiology and epidemiology. Presently, he is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Medicine at the University of Milan. Dr. La Vecchia serves as an editor for numerous clinical and epidemiologic journals. He is among the most renowned and productive epidemiologists in the field with over 2,000 peer-reviewed papers in the literature (Pubmed) and is among the most highly cited medical researchers in the world, according to ISIHighlyCited.com, the developer and publisher of the Science Citation Index (h index, 151, h-10 index 1515, total IF over 8000, over 106,000 quotations, second Italian in the field of Clinical Medicine). Dr. La Vecchia is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
Dr. La Vecchia is a temporary advisor at the World Health Organization in Geneva, and a registered journalist in Milan. He was Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health between 1996 and 2001 and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Lausanne, CH (2000-14), was Senior Research Fellow at the International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC/WHO between 2006 and 2008, and Head of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mario Negri Institute, Milan between 2007 and 2014.
Dr. La Vecchia’s main fields of interest include cancer epidemiology and the risk related to diet, tobacco, hormone use and occupational or environmental exposure to toxic substances; and analysis of temporal trends and geographical distribution of mortality from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, perinatal and other selected conditions.

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Giuseppe Verlato

Università degli Studi di Verona

Email: giuseppe.verlato@univr.it

Giuseppe Verlato è nato nel 1958, si è laureate in Medicina nel 1982, e specializzato in Statistica Sanitaria nel 1995. E’ membro della Giunta degli Ordinari del SSD Med/01 Statistica Medica.
Coordina lo studio italiano multicentrico GEIRD (Gene-Environment Interaction in Respiratory Diseases) ed è membro del Comitato Scientifico del GIRCG (Gruppo Italiano per la Ricerca sul Cancro Gastrico).
E’ Editore di BMC Pulmonary Medicine (I.F. = 2.435) per la Sezione “Epidemiology & Public Health”, e Biostatistico nel Comitato Etico per la Sperimentazione Clinica di Verona e Rovigo.