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Carlo La Vecchia (born February 27, 1955) is an Italian epidemiologist. He is doing research on chronic diseases, where he contributed to the understanding of the risks related to diet, tobacco, oral contraceptive use and occupational or environmental exposure to toxic substances in cancer and other chronic diseases development. ==Biography== La Vecchia was born in Milan, Italy, studied medicine at the University of Milan and received a Doctor of Medicine degree with honors in 1979, after which he has joined the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan. From 1981 - 1983 he was a Research Fellow at the Department of Community Medicine and Medical Practice, University of Oxford, where he received a M.Sc. in Clinical Medicine (Epidemiology). Going back to Milan he received an additional Diploma from the Post-Graduate School, Mario Negri Institute, where he took the position of Head, Laboratory of Epidemiology, in 1989. Meantime he had started working also for the University of Milan and was awarded Associate Professorship of Epidemiology at the Institute of Medical Statistics and Biometrics〔(La Vecchias entry at the homepage of the Institute )〕 also in 1989. After becoming a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA (1994–1995), La Vecchia became Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology (1996 to 2001). As of 2002 he was Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. The Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, awarded him a Honorary Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine(1996–2001).〔(short CV at UCL homepage )〕 In 2007 Carlo La Vecchia was promoted Head, Department of Epidemiology at Mario Negri.〔(Departmental homepage at Mario Negri )〕 In the same year he became a Senior Fellow of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (2007–2009). Since 2008 he also holds an Adjunct Professorship of Epidemiology at the University of Lausanne,〔(La Vecchia at University of Lausanne homepage )〕 Switzerland. In 2009 he became co-founder of the International Prevention Research Institute, a research and consulting company based in Lyon, France. Carlo La Vecchia is also a Registered Journalist in Milan (Elenco pubblicisti No. 52412). He is married to Eva Negri. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlo La Vecchia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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