Carlo La Vecchia

Dr La Vecchia received his medical degree from the University of Milan and a Master of Science degree in Medicine (Epidemiology) from Oxford University.  Presently, he is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology 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 2170 peer-reviewed papers in the literature and is among the most highly cited medical researchers in the world, according to Clarivate HighlyCited.com, the developer and publisher of the Science Citation Index (2003, 2016, 2017, 2018, H index 170, H10 index 1702). Dr La Vecchia was an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Centre and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Centre, Nashville, TN, (2002-18) and of Epidemiology at the University of Lausanne, CH (2000-14).

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 perinatal and other selected conditions.