1st International Conference of Environmental Medicine

Name: 1st International Conference of Environmental Medicine
Start: 2024-09-10T22:00:00
End: 2024-09-10T22:00:00

Environmental Threats To Human Health: From Genetics To Epigenetics

Environment, Health, Epigenetics, Nutrition, Climate Changes, Wellbeing

Welcome from the Chairs

The Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) and the University "Gabriele d'Annunzio" of Chieti-Pescara are glad to present the first International Conference of Environmental Medicine addressing the impacts of environmental exposures on human health in an epigenetic perspective.

The event is organized in collaboration with the Environmental Health Research Organization (EHRO), the Spanish Society of Environmental Medicine and Climate Changes (SESMA), and the Laureate Science Alliance (LSA).

Fostering the application of precautionary principle, our aim is to promote a new vision of medicine and epidemiology focused in primary prevention of the most common diseases or conditions where the role of environmental exposures has been already investigated in medical literature.

Specific preventive actions must be adopted based on risk factors which characterize populations at the local level, also taking into account social determinants of health, as fighting against social inequalities can contribute to prevent diseases and cancers. Public policies should be focused on keeping people healthy.

Therefore, we ask our colleagues worldwide to come together and address the challenge of a new vision of medicine and epidemiology able to change the world. To accomplish this goal, epidemiological observations (which represent the “true facts”) should guide the development of consistent etiological theories for cancer, as well as for all the other conditions which are also dramatically increasing even in paediatric and younger ages, such as malformations, autoimmune and metabolic diseases (including type 1 diabetes) or neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e., autism), taking into account the interactions between epigenome, lifestyle and environment. The adoption of this new perspective in medicine and epidemiology will ultimately turn into unexpected opportunities both for pharmacological and non-pharmacological primary prevention, in order to reduce the burden of the new epidemics of the XXI century.

The choice of University of Chieti as conference venue is not a case, as it is guided by the Rector Prof. Liborio Stuppia, an internationally recognized scientist in the field of epigenetics.

We are waiting for you in Italy to start changing the world by starting to change the way we look at medicine.

Alessandro Miani (SIMA President)

Prisco Piscitelli (EHRO President)
Liborio Stuppia (Rector of G. D'Annunzio University)

Event Chairs

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Miani

President of Italian Society of Environmental Medicine

Prof. Dr. Prisco Piscitelli

President of Environmental Health Research Organization

Prof. Dr. Liborio Stuppia

Rector of "Gabriele D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara

Opening Lecture

Sir Richard Roberts

NOBEL Prize for Medicine

Main Speakers

Director Maria Neira

Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, Geneve

Prof. Vasilis Vasiliou

Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences) at Yale School of Public Health (USA)

Prof. Andrea Baccarelli

Dean of T. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston

Prof. Annamaria Colao

UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development, Naples

Prof. Sir Andrew Haines

Prof. of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health

Prof. Marcella Trombetta

Dean of the Department of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Campus Biomedico University, Rome

Prof. Alessio Fasano

Professor of Nutrition, T. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Director Veronica Manfredi

Director for Zero Pollution and Green Cities, European Commission, Bruxelles

Prof. Salvatore Ippolito

Former United Nations Officer and SESMA President

Prof. Paola Rogliani

Full Professor of Pulmunology at Torvergata University of Rome and President of the Italian Society of Pulmunology

Prof. Giovanni Leonardi

Head of Environmental Epidemiology, UK Agency for Security and Health, London

Prof. Paola Fermo

Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Milan

Prof. Marcello Iriti

Professor of Pharamecutical Biology, University of Milan

Dr. Rachel Hodgdon

President and CEO of the International Well Buinding Institute (IWBI), New York

Prof. Luigi Falciola

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Milan

Dr. Rita Trombin

President of the Italian Biophylic Academy

Prof. Ivan Gentile

Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, Federico II University, Naples

Prof. Nicola Mammarella

Director of Department of Psichological Sciences, Health and Territory, Gabriele D'Annunzio University

General information

Participants

The conference is open to the participation of all the interested people in a multi-disciplinary perspective (medical doctors, biologists, biotechnologists, psychologists, engineers, chemists etc.). For the registration, please use the REGISTRATION FORM and send it to the following email: internationalconference@simaitalia.org

Participation fee

The participation fee is 250 Euros, including conference registration, poster exhibition, lunch buffet and cocktail dinner at the event.
The participation fee must be paid before 10/09/2024 by using the following IBAN entitled to "SIMA":

Account number: 0134444

Name: INTESA SANPAOLO

Agency: 55000- MILAN (Italy)

IBAN: IT14T0306909606100000134444

SWIFT BCITITMM

Students' participation fee is 100 Euros. Participation is free for students, teachers, personnel and hospital staff of "Gabriele D'Annunzio University" as well as for students of the Italian Association of Medical Students (SISM) and International Federation of Medical Students Association (IFMSA).

Abstract Submission

Abstracts of no more than 750 words (no limits for tables and images) can be sent to the following email: internationalconference_abstracts@simaitalia.org

Abstracts should include the following sections: Objective; Methods; Results; Conclusions - All the abstracts selected by the SIMA Scientific Committee will be allowed for the Poster Exhibition section at the conference venue (the format of the posters to be printed by the authors will be communicated with their email of approval).

Venue of the Conference

Auditorium of Gabriele D’Annunzio University, via dei Vestini 134, 66100, Chieti (Italy) Google Maps: https://g.co/kgs/cNZgHvE

Logistics: Transfers at fixed time on September 10^th and 11^th will be provided by the organizing committee from the International Airport of Rome Fiumicino (1 hour 45 min distance) and from the Airport of Pescara (15 minutes – connected with the European hub of Milan Bergamo BGY Airport) to the Conference Venue in Chieti. At least two weeks before the conference, the timetable of the trasfers will be available on the conference website.

Housing: The following hotels are the closest to the conference venue:

Albergo degli Amici: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tQe2o3gaWG3X5jA89

Best Western Parco Paglia: https://maps.app.goo.gl/paTVVrgZ1kUbXBKA9

Bea B&B: https://maps.app.goo.gl/B6sN4bsNFkyfYqf2A

Bianco Antico: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5HX85xpmMSK8HU5u6

Casa Aurora: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bKL5Fx3gaKZshX4a7

Casa Madè: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ReeV7iFKLsKnFBgt9

Dasy B&B: https://maps.app.goo.gl/gsBxg3Mxonfv8u6u8

La Piccola Oasi: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DBdE95SnQQiRiUdz9

Le Mirage: https://maps.app.goo.gl/StbwZgx8F8HDvhUy5

Mediterraneo B&B: https://maps.app.goo.gl/M67QATT4j4faXm3g9