Curriculum Vitae

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Carlo LA VECCHIA, M.D., M.Sc. Citizenship: Italian Languages: English, French (and Italian)

Current status: - Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community 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, (2002- 2018) - Visiting Scientist, Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece.

Address: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche 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: • 1981-1983 - Research Fellow at the Depart of Community Medicine, Oxford University • 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, Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan, Italy (2007--14) - Head, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", Milan (1989 -14). - Associate Professor (1987-93) and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2006-2014).

Awards: • 1991 - European Visiting Professor to the Royal Society of Medicine, London . 1992 – Glaxo Prize for Medica Research and Divulgation • 2002 - ISI Thomson Highly quoted scientist (Clinical Medicine) • 2006 – Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana for scientific achievements. . 2014 – Prize for Scientific Divulgation, UNAMSI . 2017- Prize for Scientific Research, Scuola Medica Salernitana 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. (1994- 1995). - 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. - 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 (1998- 2000). - Member of the CPMP Ad hoc Expert Group on Oral Contraceptives and Cardiovascular Risks, EMEA, London, 1998- 2001. - 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). - - Prize for Scientific Divulgation per la divulgazione scientifica, UNAMSI, 2014 - Member, National Committee of Biotechnology and Life Sciences (2012-16), Coordinator of the Guarantee Committee, 2015-6 - Fellow in the European Academy of Cancer Sciences, 2015- - 2015 Cutter Lecture, Harvard School of Public Health, in memory of D. Trichopoulos

- Member of the Evaluation panels for European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants (AdG), 2017

- Prize for Scientific Research, Scuola Medica Salernitana, 2017

- 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-). - Associate Editor: Ann Oncology (2010-2013); European Journal of Cancer Prevention (2004-); Cancer Letter (2008--), The Oncologist (2012--) - Member of the Editorial board of the following journals: 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-); Case Report in Medicine (2010--); Current Cancer Therapy Reviews (2005 --); Current Environmental Health Reports (2016-); 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--);

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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--); Scientific Reports (2013-16) Sozial und Praeventivmedizin (1990-- 2001); The Lancet, edizione italiana (2005-2008); Tumori Journal(1993-2014).

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 2,600 publications; of these, over 2,020 included in PUBMED/MEDLINE, with over 106,000 quotations. See the enclosed list. Over 500 publications quoted more than 50 times, over 1000 more than 25 times. H. index 151 (Google Scholar). H-10 index 1515. Mean IF 4.9.