2nd International Conference of Environmental Medicine
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Welcome from the Chairs
Therefore, we ask our colleagues worldwide to come together and address the challenge of this new vision of Medicine 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 which affect children and young people as well as adults of any age.
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
Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Tong Zhu
Chinese Academy of Science, China
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Novelli
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Prof. Dr. James A. Shapiro
University of Chicago, USA
Prof. Dr. Imaculata De Vivo
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Prof. Sir Andrew Haines
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Prof. Dr. Immaculata De Vivo
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Prof. Dr. Carlo Ventura
University of Bologna, Italy
Guest of Honor
H.E. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi
Former Minister of the Environment, United Arab Emirates
Main Speakers
Prof. Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou
Director of the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University, USA
Prof. Dr. Alessio Fasano
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Luciano Di Tizio
President of WWF Italy
Prof. Dr. Elena Colicino
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Prof. Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou
Academy of Athens, Greece
Prof. Dr. Vassilios Fanos
University of Cagliari, Italy
Prof. Dr. Annamaria Colao
UNESCO Chair, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dr. Robert Ainslie
President of Laureate Science Alliance (LSA), San Diego, California, USA
Dr. Benoît Miribel
President of the International One Health for All Foundation (OSH, Lion), France
Pietro Diego Ferrara
Mayor of Chieti
Domenico Di Conza
Spokesperson for United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)
Dr. Amina Benyahia
World Health Organization, Geneva
Prof. Dr. Ester Vitacolonna
Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Prof. Salvatore Ippolito
President of the Spanish Society of Environmental Medicine and Climate Changes (SESMA)
Stefan Tochev
CEO MDPI, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Francesco Chiarelli
Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Dr. Elena Codina
Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Pierluigi Sacco
Full Professor of Biobehavioral Economics and Rectoral Delegate to International Affairs, "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara
Andrea Iacomini
Spokesperson UNICEF Italia, Italy
Prof. Don Antonio Panico
Vice Rector, LUMSA University, Taranto
Dr. Rita White
President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB), Italy
Prof. Dr. Marcello Iriti
University of Milan, Italy
Dr. Anmol Kapoor
Biongevity, Calgary, Canada
Prof. Dr. Roberto Bellotti
Rector of University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
David Mariani
Director of the Healthy Habits Academy
Edoardo Cavalieri D’Oro
Director of Fireghters NBCR National Centre, Milan
Dr. Carla Aloè
Head of Societies and Acquisition at MDPI
Dr. Carla Aloè
Head of Societies and Acquisition at MDPI
Prof. Dr. Jing Shang
Co-Editor in Chief of International Journal of Environmental Medicine (IJEM)
Paolo Esposito
Managing Diretor, University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara
Paolo Esposito
Managing Diretor, University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Enrico Greco
SIMA Officer, Italy
Dr. Emiliano Giardina
SEiC of Genes, MDPI and Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
Prof. Dr. Giulia Guerriero
EBM of Reproductive Medicine and Oxygen, MDPI and University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof. Luigi Falciola
Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Milan
Prof. Dr. Juan Antonio Ortega Garcia
University of Murcia, Spain
Mimmo Mazza
Editor-in-Chief of Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Prof. Dr. Valentina Gatta
University Gabriele d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Prof. Dr. Prisco Piscitelli
EMA Secretary General
Prof. Dr. Angela di Baldassarre
Delegate of the Rector (Chieti), Italy
Prof. Dr. Pasquale Avino
EBM of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), University of Molise, Italy
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Miani
SIMA President, Italy
Prof. Dr. Amedeo Lonardo
EiC of Metabolites, MDPI and Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Italy
Dr. Leonard Azanfirei
University of Targu Mures, Romania
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Distante
President and CEO presso ISBEM - Istituto Scientifico Biomedico Euro Mediterraneo, Italy
Dr. Anatolia Salone
Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Moderator
Dr. Elena Meli
Corriere della Sera – Salute
Patronage
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: p.piscitelli@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":
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) among others.
Abstract Submission
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).
Detailed Program
Day 1 – Thursday, 20 November 2025
| from 09:30 | Registration | |
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Welcome and Introduction Round Table Paolo Esposito, Managing Diretor, University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara Angela Di Baldassare, Delegate of the Rector, University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara Francesco Chiarelli, Director of Department of Women’s and Children’s Health (UdA) Pietro Diego Ferrara, Mayor of Chieti Alessandro Miani, President of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) Prisco Piscitelli, Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA) Salvatore Ippolito, President of the Spanish Society of Environmental Medicine and Climate Changes (SESMA) Benoît Miribel, President of the International One Health for All Foundation (OSH, Lion) Luciano di Tizio, President of WWF Italy |
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| from 11:00 | Stefan Tochev, CEO MDPI | |
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Plenary Lectures Tong Zhu, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing University (China) Introduced by Enrico Greco, SIMA Officer and Associate Researcher, University of South Florida |
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Giuseppe Novelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General |
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Session I - Environmental Exposures and Food Chain Chaired by Pasquale Avino (EBM of IJERPH, MDPI; University of Molise, Italy) and Angela di Baldassarre, Delegate of the Rector (Chieti) Marcello Iriti, University of Milan Vasilis Vasiliou, Director of the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University (USA) Antonia Trichopoulou, Academy of Athens (Greece) Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera |
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| at 12:45 | Presentation of the Blue Bench Project Domenico Di Conza, Spokesperson for United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) |
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| at 13:00 | LUNCH BUFFET | |
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Plenary Lecture Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Alessio Fasano, Massachussets General Hospital, Harvad Medical School, Boston (USA) James A. Shapiro, University of Chicago (USA) Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli (EMA Secretary General) |
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Session II - Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Health Chaired by Giulia Guerriero (EBM of Reproductive Medicine and Oxygen, MDPI; Dipartimento di Biologia, Universita' degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy) and Luigi Falciola (University of Milan, Italy) Ester Vitacolonna, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara (Italy) Elena Codina, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona (Spain) Annamaria Colao, UNESCO Chair, University of Naples Federico II (Italy) Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera |
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Session III - Environmental Exposures and Children’s Health Chaired by Alessandro Distante (ISBEM, Brindisi) and Anatolia Salone (Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara) Francesco Chiarelli, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara (Italy) Vassilios Fanos, University of Cagliari (Italy) Juan Antonio Ortega Garcia, (Spain) Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera |
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| from 16:45 |
Closing Lecture Imaculata De Vivo, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Introduced by Alessandro Miani (SIMA President) |
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| 17:00 | Transfer to Hotel | |
| 20:00 | Speakers Dinner | |
Day 2 – Friday, 21 November 2025
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Celebration of the International Week for Children’s and Adolescents’ Rights Liborio Stuppia, Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Roberto Bellotti, Rector of University of Bari “Aldo Moro” Don Antonio Panico, Vice Rector, LUMSA University, Taranto Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General Alessandro Miani, SIMA President Andrea Iacomini, Spokesperson UNICEF Italia Extraordinary participation of ALBANO CARRISI for SIMA initiative RIGHT TO VOICE / DIRITTO ALLA VOCE Moderator: Mimmo Mazza, Editor-in-Chief of Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and Prisco Piscitelli, Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA) |
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Guest of Honor - Presentation of the Volume “EARTH” H.E. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Former Minister of the Environment, United Arab Emirates
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Session IV – Exposomics and Epigenetics Chaired by Emiliano Giardina , (SEiC of Genes, MDPI) and Valentina Gatta (University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy) Pierluigi Sacco, Rectoral Delegate to International Affairs, Gabriele d’Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara Elena Colicino, Icahn School of Medicine atMount Sinai, New York (USA) Gianluigi De Gennaro , University of Bari “Aldo Moro” Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera |
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Forefront Lecture Carlo Ventura, University of Bologna Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General |
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| from 11:30 |
Presentation of the International Journal of Environmental Medicine (IJEM) & Scientific Societies collaboration with MDPI Carla Aloe (MDPI Officer) and Jing Shang (Co-Editor in Chief of IJEM) |
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Session V – New Frontiers of Public Health and Primary Prevention Chaired by Amedeo Lonardo (EiC of Metabolites, MDPI; Medicina Interna, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara (MO), Italy) and Leonard Azanfirei (Targu Mures, Romania) Rita White, President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB) Anmol Kapoor, Biongevity, Calgary (Canada) David Mariani, Director of the Healthy Habits Academy Edoardo Cavalieri D’Oro, Director of Fireghters NBCR National Centre, Milan Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera |
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from 12:45 |
Conclusions Liborio Stuppia, Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Alessandro Miani, President of Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) Stefan Tochev, CEO MDPI |
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| 13:00 | Speakers Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
Academic Publishing Workshop - Students' and Researchers' Training Session: How to prepare a scientific paper for the submission Ioana Preda and Anya Osborn (MDPI Representatives) |
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Program Overview
Please find below the ICEM2025 Program (updated 06.11.2025). Click on the cover image to download it:
Venue of the Conference
Logistics: Transfers at fixed time on November 20th and 21th 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:
Sponsors and Partners
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