CURRICULUM VITAE Carlo LA VECCHIA, MD

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Carlo LA VECCHIA, M.D., M.Sc.
Italian
English, French (and Italian)
Citizenship:
Languages:
Current status:
- Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences and Comunity Health,
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, (2011 to date, Associate Professor since
1992).
- Adjunct Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, (20022013).
Address:
Dipartimento di Scienze Clniche e di Comunità, Università di Milano
Via Venezian 1 - 20133 Milan (Italy)
Tel. +39-02-50320871; Fax +39-02.33200231.
Education:
• 1979 July - Doctor in Medicine, University of Milan, with honours.
• 1983 March - Master of Science in Clinical Medicine (Epidemiology), Oxford University.
• 1983 July - Diploma from the Post-Graduate School of Pharmacological Research, Istituto di
Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan.
Work and related
experience:
Awards:
• 1979-Researcher, 1989-Head Laboratory, 2007—Head, Department of Epidemiology,
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan.
• 1981-1983 - Research Fellow at the Department of Community Medicine and Medical Practice,
University of Oxford.
• 1996-2001 - Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health,
Boston, Ma.
• Senior Fellow, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
(2007-9).
• Head, Laboratory (1989 -14) and Department (2007-14) of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche
Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan
• Adjunct Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
(2006-2014).
• 1991 - European Visiting Professor to the Royal Society of Medicine, London.
• 2002 - ISI Thomson Highly quoted scientist (Medicine)
• 2006 – Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana for scientific achievements.
Miscellanea
- Registered Journalist, Milan (Elenco pubblicisti No. 52412).
- Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London (1996-2001).
- Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. (19941995).
- Member of the UICC - American Cancer Society Fellowship Committee (1991-95).
- Member of the "Steering Committee" of the international cooperative network of case-control of the SEARCH
Programme of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC/OMS (1989-1991).
- Temporary advisor at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC/WHO and at the World Health
Organization, Geneva (1989--).
- Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Human Reproduction (ESHRE) (1991-95).
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Member of the Steering Committee, Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors and Breast Cancer, Oxford, UK.
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Head, Steering Committee, Collaborative Group of Hormonal Factors and Cervical Cancers, Oxford and IARC
- Member of the Ethical Committee, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano PN, Italy (1998-2000).
- Member of the Scientific Committee, Air Quality Project, Fondazione Lombardia Ambiente, Regione Lombardia (19982000).
- Member of the CPMP Ad hoc Expert Group on Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Risks, EMEA, London, 19982001.
- Consultant, U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Women's Health (1997-2000).
- Working Group Member, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Monograph 51 on Coffee, Tea, Mate,
Methylxanthines and Methylglyoxal, 1990.
- Working Group Chairman, IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Human. Monographs 72 and
Member Monographs 91 on Hormonal Contraception and Post-menopausal Hormonal Therapy, 1998 and 2005, and 95
on Alcohol, 2007.
- Member of the Scientific Review Committee of the UNDP/WHO/World Bank Human Reproduction (2000--).
- Member, Scientific Board of the Italian Group of Epidemiologic Studies in Dermatology (GISED, 2001--).
- Chairman, Società Italiana della Riproduzione (2002-2003).
- Member, Board of Trustees, International Health Foundation, Utrecht (2001-2004).
- Member, Scientific Committee, Foundation for the Advancement of the Mediterranean Diet, Barcelona, Spain (2002-)
- Member, Italian National Oncology Commission (2007-2008).
- Member, National Committee of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (2012--)
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Editor: Biomedical Statistics and Clinical Epidemiology (2009--12); European Journal of Public Health (1993-2003);
Journal of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (1996-2002), Epidemiology, Biostatistics an Public Health (2013-).
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Associate Editor: Ann Oncology(2010-2013);European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2004-); Cancer Letter (2008--).
- Member of the Editorial board of the following journals: Ann Oncol (2014-): Alimentazione e Prevenzione (2000--);
American Journal of Epidemiology (1991-97); Ann Oncol (2014-); Archives of Medical Science (2007--); Asian Pacific
Journal of Cancer Prevention (2000--); Cancer Causes and Control (1991-96); Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and
Prevention (2013-15); Case Report in Medicine (2010--); Current Cancer Therapy Reviews (2005 --); Dermatology
Research and Practice (2007--); Digestive and Liver Disease (2001--); Economia Politica del Farmaco (2004-);
European Journal of Cancer (1991-95); European Journal of Cancer Prevention (1991--); European Journal of Clinical
Nutrition (1996--); European Journal of Nutrition (1998-2009); In Scope Oncology & Haematology (2004--);
International Journal of Cancer (2000--); Journal of Antimicrobial Chemiotherapy (2010--); Journal of Chinese Clinical
Medicine (2010--); Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health (2012--); Journal of Nephrology (1992--);
Maturitas (2008--); Nutrition and Cancer (2000--); Oncology (1994-1995); Open Cancer Journal (2007---); Oral
Oncology (2003--); Revisiones en Ginecologia y Obstetricia (2000--); Revista Española de Nutrición Comunitaria
(1996--); Revue d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (1991--); Sozial und Praeventivmedizin (1990--2001); The
Lancet, edizione italiana (2005-2008); The Oncologist (2012--); Tumori (1993--).
Main fields of interest.
Cancer epidemiology (case-control studies on cancers of the breast, female genital tract, digestive sites, urinary organs,
lymphoreticular malignancies, etc.); epidemiological studies on the risk related to diet, tobacco, oral contraceptive use and
occupational or environmental exposure to toxic substances; coordination of clinical trials. Analysis of temporal trends and
of geographical distribution of mortality from cancer, cardiovascular diseases, perinatal and other selected conditions.
Publications: Over 2.200 publications; of these, over 1,850 included in PUBMED/MEDLINE, with over 75,000
quotations. See the enclosed list. Over 1000 publications quoted more than 20 times. H.index 125. Mean IF 4.8.
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