Collegium Ramazzini

Founded in 1982, Collegium Ramazzini is an independent, international academy with 180 invited members from more than 30 countries.[1] Its members are internationally renowned experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health, including Dr. Joseph Graziano,[2] Dr. David Eastmond[3][4] Dr. David Ozonoff,[5] Dr. T.K. Joshi,[6] Dr. Mohamed Jeebhay,[7] and Dr. Giuliano Franco.[8]

It was named after sixteenth-century Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini and was founded by Irving Selikoff,[9] Cesare Maltoni and other eminent scientists in 1982. The mission of the Collegium Ramazzini is to advance the study of occupational and environmental health issues. Through its members and activities, it seeks to bridge scientific discovery and the socio-political centers that will need to act on these discoveries and advances in the area of health and safety.

Seminars and honoraria

One main purpose of the Collegium is to host conferences, symposia and seminars that introduce scientific, medical and governmental bodies to various issues and research in the area of health and safety. The Ramazzini Days 2011 seminar was held in Carpi, Italy.

In 2012, the "Environment and health in political agenda" symposium will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay from March 22–24. The conference will be jointly organized by the Collegium Ramazzini and the Universidad Republica Oriental de Uruguay. The seminar will be dedicated to Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino (1947-2010), Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and expert in childhood diseases.

Awards

In addition to meetings and publications, the Collegium makes a number of merit awards.

Ramazzini Award

The Ramazzini Award, instituted in 1984, is awarded annually to scientists deemed by the Collegium to have made outstanding contributions to furthering the aims of Bernardino Ramazzini in safeguarding public health.

Prize winners to date have been:[10]

Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture

Since 1993 the Collegium Ramazzini has awarded the Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture honoraria. The award is given periodically to an internationally recognized scientist or humanist whose studies and achievements have contributed to the protection of workers' health and the environment.

Prize winners to date have been:

Publications

The Collegium Ramazzani has functioned as an initial publication source for many scientific papers later re-published in additional peer reviewed journals.[11]

The Collegium Ramazzani has also published editorials through its Presidents and collectively in peer-reviewed scientific journals including calls for an international ban on asbestos in 1999,[12] 2005,[13] 2010 [14] and 2012.[15]

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Editorial, "Ramazzini, Father of Occupational Health? Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol.103, No. 11, Nov. 1995 (discussing the founding of the Collegium Ramazzini and the 1995 Symposia held in Washington, D.C.
  2. ↑ Dr. Graziano, Assoc. Dean of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University named fellow of C. Ramazzani, 2007
  3. ↑ NTP advisor named as fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, NIESH Environmental Factor, 2012
  4. ↑ News Medical, C. Ramazzini honors Riverside Toxicologist
  5. ↑ David Ozonoff Chairman Emeritus, Environmental Health Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University
  6. ↑ Dr. Joshi is first Indian Physician Elected to Collegium Ramazzini
  7. ↑ Mohomad Jeebhay from Univ. of Cape Town Elected to C. Ramazzini
  8. ↑ Giuliano Franco, Director of the Occupational Health Unit and Consultant of Occupational health in the Policlinico Hospital of Modena - and Director of the Postgraduate School of Occupational Health of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  9. ↑ Obituary of Dr. Irving J. Selikoff in New York Times, 1992, noting that Dr. Selikoff was former director of C. Ramazzini
  10. ↑ "Ramazzini Award". Collegium Ramazzini. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Garfinkle and Silverman, Trends in Cancer Mortality in Industrial Countries, 2008 CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Volume 41, Issue 3, 31 DEC 2008 (noting that this article is an update of a paper published through the C. Ramazzini in 1989)
  12. ↑ Collegium R., Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine October 1999 - Volume 41 - Issue 10 - pp 830-832
  13. ↑ Landrigan, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Volume 47, Issue 6, pages 471–474, June 2005
  14. ↑ Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, Volume 65, Issue 3, 2010, doi:10.1080/19338241003776104, Collegium Ramazzini, pages 121-126
  15. ↑ Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ladou et al., February 20, 2001 vol. 164 no. 4, "A call for an international ban on asbestos."

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