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1st International Conference of Environmental Medicine

Environmental Threats To Human Health: From Genetics To Epigenetics

11 Sep 2024, Chieti, Italy

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

President of Italian Society of Environmental Medicine

President of Environmental Health Research Organization

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

Opening Lecture

Sir Richard Roberts

NOBEL Prize for Medicine

Introduction
Website
https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-summit/2023/panellists/dr-richard-j-roberts/

Main Speakers

Prof. Andrea Baccarelli

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

Introduction
Website
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/andrea-baccarelli/

Director Maria Neira

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

Introduction
Website
https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/advisory-panel-members/maria-neira

Prof. Vasilis Vasiliou

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

Introduction
Website
https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/vasilis-vasiliou/

Prof. Annamaria Colao

UNESCO Chair on Health Education and Sustainable Development, Naples

Introduction
Website
https://www.unescochairnapoli.it/staff/?lang=en

Prof. Sir Andrew Haines

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

Introduction
Website
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/haines.andrew

Prof. Marcella Trombetta

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

Introduction
Website
https://www.unicampus.it/people/prof-ssa-marcella-trombetta/

Prof. Alessio Fasano

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

Introduction
Website
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/profile/alessio-fasano/

Director Veronica Manfredi

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

Introduction
Website
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/zero-pollution-action-plan_en

Prof. Salvatore Ippolito

Former United Nations Officer and SESMA President

Introduction
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/salvatore-ippolito-0bb7b539/?originalSubdomain=it

Prof. Paola Fermo

Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Milan

Introduction
Website
https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/paola-fermo

Prof. Giovanni Leonardi

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

Introduction
Website
https://researchportal.ukhsa.gov.uk/en/persons/giovanni-leonardi

Dr. Rachel Hodgdon

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

Introduction
Website
https://resources.wellcertified.com/people/leadership/rachel-hodgdon/

Prof. Marcello Iriti

Professor of Pharamecutical Biology, University of Milan

Introduction
Website
https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/marcello-iriti

Dr. Rita Trombin

President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB)

Introduction
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritatrombin/?originalSubdomain=it

Dr. Robert Ainslie

President of Laureate Science Alliance (LSA)

Introduction
Website
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Prof. Yuexin Yang

President of Chinese Nutrition Society

Introduction
Website
https://radar.gesda.global/people/yuexin-yang

Prof. Luigi Falciola

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Milan

Introduction
Website
https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/luigi-falciola

Prof. Nicola Mammarella

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

Introduction
Website
https://www.unich.it/ugov/person/1309

Prof. Ivan Gentile

Full Professor of Infectious Diseases, Federico II University, Naples

Introduction
Website
https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/4956414e47454e54494c45474e54564e4937324c31354331323958/riferimenti

Dr. Fabrizio Capaccioli

President of the Italian Green Building Council

Introduction
Website
https://worldgbc.org/gbc/green-building-council-italia/

Prof. Saverio Mecca

Emeritus of Architecture at University of Florence

Introduction
Website
https://www.unifi.it/cercachi-per-2483.html

Prof. Enrico Greco

University of Trieste

Introduction
Website
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Enrico-Greco

Patronage

Program Overview

Program

Please find below the ICEM2024 Program (updated 03.09.2024). Click on the cover image to download it:

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 DAnnunzio University, via dei Vestini 134, 66100, Chieti (Italy) Google Maps: https://g.co/kgs/cNZgHvE

Logistics
: Transfers at fixed time on September 10th and 11th 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:

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