Paolo Boffetta
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Paolo Boffetta | |
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Born | Turin, Italy | July 19, 1958
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | University of Turin |
Known for | Research on cancer epidemiology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology |
Institutions | Stony Brook University, University of Bologna |
Paolo Boffetta (born July 19, 1958) is an Italian epidemiologist. He is doing research on cancer and other chronic diseases, where he contributed to the understanding of the role of occupation, environment, alcohol, smoking and nutrition in disease development.
Biography
Boffetta was born in Turin, Italy, went to the Vittorio Alfieri High School in Turin, and studied medicine at the University of Turin and received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1982, after which he became a resident at the Second Division of Internal Medicine and research fellow and research assistant at the Cancer Epidemiology Unit of the University of Turin.
After some years, he moved to
In 1990, he moved to
In 2003, he moved on to the
Only a year later Boffetta moved back to IARC, Lyon to become group head and coordinator of the Genetics and Epidemiology Cluster[2] there.
Between 2009 and 2020, he worked at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, as professor,[3] associate director for global oncology at the Tisch Cancer Institute. During 2010-2016, he was director of the Institute for Translational Epidemiology.
In 2020 he joined Stony Brook University, where he is professor in the Department of Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine and associate director for population sciences at Stony Brook Cancer Center. Since 2018, he is professor at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the University of Bologna.[4]
He is adjunct professor at the Department of Epidemiology,
He was vice president of the International Prevention Research Institute in
Scientific merits
Boffetta's specific field of research is the study of environmental factors for
He has been heavily involved in teaching activities during all his academic and research positions; e.g., at IARC he held the post of Director, IARC Course Programme (2000–2003 and 2004–2009). He was also Director of the IARC Fellowship Programme (2004–2009) and a Member of the UICC Fellowship Committee (2000–2009). He is currently teaching advanced epidemiology methods and cancer epidemiology at the
Currently he is a Member of the editorial board of several scientific journals including Annals of Oncology (Associate Editor), Cancer Discovery, Frontiers in Molecular Epidemiology (Editor), International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Section Editor). He was the Editor in Chief of the 3rd Edition of Elsevier's Encyclopaedia of Cancer.
Paolo Boffetta has published more than 1,300 scientific articles and 80 book chapters as well as is editor of 15 books and journal supplements, and has authored several other non-English and non-scientific articles about various aspects of health. His H-index is 118 (Web of Science) and 173 (Google Scholar).[11] He is listed among the top 20 Italian scientists.[12]
References
- ^ Newsletter MEP, KI
- ^ Biographical sketch of Paolo Boffetta at IARC Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Contact details of Paolo Boffetta at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Archived 2010-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Paolo Boffetta — Università di Bologna — Home Page".
- ^ Contact details of Paolo Boffetta at the Harvard School of Public Health
- ^ Press release about new appointments at Vanderbilt University
- ^ "Paolo Boffettas' biography on the website of International Prevention Research Institute". Archived from the original on 2010-10-03. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ Abstract of Contribution of environmental factors to cancer risk, Br Med Bull. 2003;68:71-94.
- ^ General Membership Meeting Agenda, ACC Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Conference about the Future of Molecular Epidemiology, AACR[permanent dead link]
- ^ Paolo Boffetta's publications
- ^ "Top Italian Scientists Home".