2nd International Conference of Environmental Medicine
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
IPCC Nobel Prize, Bejing University (China)
Prof. Dr. James A. Shapiro
University of Chicago (USA)
Prof. Sir Andrew Haines
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof. Dr. Immaculata De Vivo
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Prof. Dr. Carlo Ventura
University of Bologna
Main Speakers
Prof. Dr. Liborio Stuppia
Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Miani
President of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA)
Prof. Dr. Prisco Piscitelli
Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA)
Dr. Robert Ainslie
President of Laureate Science Alliance (LSA), San Diego, California (USA)
Dr. Sandra Gallina
Director of DG Health at European Commission, Bruxelles
Dr. Benoît Miribel
President of the International One Health for All Foundation (OSH, Lion)
Dr. Maria Neira
World Health Organization, Geneva
Dr. Amina Benyahia
World Health Organization, Geneva
Prof. Salvatore Ippolito
President of the Spanish Society for Environmental Medicine and Climate Change (SESMA)
Stefan Tochev
CEO MDPI
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Novelli
Former Rector of Rome Torvergata University
Prof. Dr. Elena Colicino
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA)
Prof. Dr. Ester Vitacolonna
Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara
Dr. Elena Codina
Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona (Spain)
Prof. Annamaria Colao
UNESCO Chair, University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Alessio Fasano
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA)
Prof. Dr. Franco Chiarelli
Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara
Prof. Dr. Vassilios Fanos
University of Cagliari
Andrea Iacomini
Spokesperson UNICEF Italia
Prof. Don Antonio Panico
Vice Rector, LUMSA University, Taranto
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Becchetti
University of Torvergata, Rome
Prof. Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou
Director of the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University (USA)
Prof. Marcello Iriti
University of Milan
Prof. Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou
Academy of Athens (Greece)
Dr. Anmol Kapoor
Biongevity, Calgary (Canada)
Dr. Rita White
President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB)
David Mariani
Director of the Healthy Habits Academy, Italy
Session Chairs
Prof. Enrico Greco
SIMA Officer
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. Dr. Javier Arias
Dean of Complutense University Medical School, Madrid
Prof. Dr. Juan Antonio Ortega Garcia
University of Murcia (Spain)
Prof. Dr. Prisco Piscitelli
EMA Secretary General
Prof. Nicola Mammarella
Delegate of the Rector (Chieti)
Prof. Dr. Alessandro Miani
SIMA President
Prof. Dr. Amedeo Lonardo
EiC of Metabolites, MDPI and Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Italy
Dr. Leonard Azanfirei
University of Targu Mures, Romania
Moderator
Dr. Elena Meli
Corriere della Sera – Salute
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 | |
| from 10:00 |
Welcome and Introduction Round Table Liborio Stuppia, Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Alessandro Miani, President of the Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA) Prisco Piscitelli, Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA) Robert Ainslie, President of Laureate Science Alliance (LSA), San Diego, California (USA) Sandra Gallina, Director of DG Health at European Commission, Bruxelles (video) Benoît Miribel, President of the International One Health for All Foundation (OSH, Lion) Maria Neira & Amina Benyahia, World Health Organization, Geneva Salvatore Ippolito, President of the Spanish Society for Environmental Medicine and Climate Change (SESMA) |
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| from 11:00 | Stefan Tochev, CEO MDPI | |
| from 11:15 |
Nobel Lecture Tong Zhu, IPCC Nobel Prize, Bejing University (China) Introduced by Enrico Greco, SIMA Officer |
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| from 11:45 |
Session I - Exposomics and Epigenetics Chaired by Emiliano Giardina (SEiC of Genes, MDPI) and Delegate of the Rector (Chieti) Giuseppe Novelli, Former Rector of Rome Torvergata University Liborio Stuppia, Rector of Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Elena Colicino, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York (USA) Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera - Salute |
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| at 12:45 | Eventual Sponsors Interventions or Videos & LUNCH BUFFET | |
| from 14:00 |
Opening Lectures (Video) James A. Shapiro, University of Chicago (USA) Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli (EMA Secretary General) |
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| from 14:30 |
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 Javier Arias (Dean of Complutense University Medical School, Madrid) Ester Vitacolonna, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Elena Codina, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona (Spain) Annamaria Colao, UNESCO Chair, University of Naples Federico II Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera - Salute |
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| from 15:30 |
Session III - Environmental Exposures and Children’s Health Chaired by Juan Antonio Ortega Garcia, Murcia (Spain) Alessio Fasano, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (USA) Franco Chiarelli, Gabriele d’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara Vassilios Fanos, University of Cagliari Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera – Salute |
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| from 16:30 | Open Discussion | |
| at 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 Prisco Piscitelli, Secretary General of the European Medical Association (EMA) Andrea Iacomini, Spokesperson UNICEF Italia Don Antonio Panico, Vice Rector, LUMSA University, Taranto Leonardo Becchetti, University of Torvergata, Rome (To be Confirmed) |
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| from 10:00 |
Opening Lecture Immaculata De Vivo, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Introduced by Prisco Piscitelli, EMA Secretary General |
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| from 10:30 |
Session IV – Environmental Exposures and Food Chain Chaired by Nicola Mammarella, Delegate of the Rector (Chieti) Vasilis Vasiliou, Director of the Department of Environmental Health, Yale University (USA) Marcello Iriti, University of Milan (to be confirmed) Antonia Trichopoulou, Academy of Athens (Greece) Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera - Salute |
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| from 11:30 |
Forefront Lecture Carlo Ventura, University of Bologna Introduced by Alessandro Miani, SIMA President |
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| from 12:00 |
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) Anmol Kapoor, Biongevity, Calgary (Canada) Rita White, President of the Italian Academy of Biophilia (AIB) David Mariani, Director of the Healthy Habits Academy, Italy Moderated by Elena Meli, Corriere della Sera - Salute |
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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) |
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| at 13:30 | Transfer to Hotel | |
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:
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