PLENARIES
The MedLIFE-25 Steerings Committee has invited and also received requests from renowned distinguished scientists from over the world to offer plenaries on cross-cutting themes of life sciences. We wish to express gratitude to those who have agreed to serve as plenary speakers. More plenaries will be announced soon (click to open content):
Plenary 1: One Health, Many Clues: Investigating the Cancer Spike in the Land of Fire
Antonio Giordano
President & Founder of the Sbarro Health Research Organization (S.H.R.O.)
Director & Professor of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center for Biotechnology, College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
“Chiara fama” Professor, Department of Medicine, Surgery & Neuroscience, University of Siena, Italy
Director & Professor of the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine and Center for Biotechnology, College of Science & Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
“Chiara fama” Professor, Department of Medicine, Surgery & Neuroscience, University of Siena, Italy
Plenary 2
Annamaria Colao
Full Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Medicine Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Head of the European Network ENDO-ERN (European Reference Network)
Coordinator of the regional center at the Azienda Universitaria Federico II
Head of the European center of excellence ENETS (for the study of neuroendocrine tumours)
Head of the centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of obesity CIBO (accredited with SIO and EASO)
Former President of the National Council of the Guarantors of Scientific Research at the Ministry for University and Research
President of the European Society of Neuroendocrinology (2016–2018)
President elected of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (2021–2023)
Founder and President of Campus Salute Onlus (a non-profit association dedicated to health)
Head of the European Network ENDO-ERN (European Reference Network)
Coordinator of the regional center at the Azienda Universitaria Federico II
Head of the European center of excellence ENETS (for the study of neuroendocrine tumours)
Head of the centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of obesity CIBO (accredited with SIO and EASO)
Former President of the National Council of the Guarantors of Scientific Research at the Ministry for University and Research
President of the European Society of Neuroendocrinology (2016–2018)
President elected of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (2021–2023)
Founder and President of Campus Salute Onlus (a non-profit association dedicated to health)
Plenary 3: Cancer, Lifestyles and Environment: a One-Health Approach in the Planetary Health Vison
Margherita Ferrante
Full Professor in General and Applied Hygiene
Responsible for CT-ME-EN Integrated Cancer Registry
Director Responsible for Hygiene, Complex Operating Unit of Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital "Rodolico-San Marco," Catania, Italy
Responsible for the Laboratory of Environmental and Food Hygiene (LIAA), Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (DGFI), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Responsible for CT-ME-EN Integrated Cancer Registry
Director Responsible for Hygiene, Complex Operating Unit of Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital "Rodolico-San Marco," Catania, Italy
Responsible for the Laboratory of Environmental and Food Hygiene (LIAA), Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies (DGFI), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Plenary 4: Results of an Epidemiologic Study on PFAS Exposure in Antwerp, Belgium
Jacob de Boer
Editor-in-Chief of Chemosphere (Elsevier)
Editorial Board of the Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (Springer)
Dutch Government Health Expert (Tata Steel Operations)
Chinese Government National Expert (2013–2018)
United Nations Environment Program Advisor
Board Member of International BFR Symposia Series
Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Editorial Board of the Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (Springer)
Dutch Government Health Expert (Tata Steel Operations)
Chinese Government National Expert (2013–2018)
United Nations Environment Program Advisor
Board Member of International BFR Symposia Series
Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands