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01 July 2008 Ramazzini Days 2008 registration now open it is now possible to register online for Ramazzini Days 2008 by visiting the website of the Collegium Ramazzini: http://www.collegiumramazzini.org/ramazzinidays2008.asp. Event registration is open from July 1st to September 15th and hotel accommodations are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Once your registration has been processed, you will receive a personalized e-mail from the conference organization with the title “Confirmation for Dr. Fellow - Ramazzini Days 2008”. If you do not receive this e-mail within one week from the date of registration, please contact events@ramazzini.it.
If you know for certain that you will not be able to join the group in Carpi this year, kindly inform us by sending your regrets to events@ramazzini.it. Your regrets will be officially registered with the General Secretariat and reported during the Council of Fellows.
Fellows are invited and encouraged to submit abstracts for platform or poster presentations as indicated in the program. Abstracts should not exceed 1 page in length and should be sent via e-mail to the Priority Topics Committee c/o Chairwoman Dr. Melissa McDiarmid at Mmcdiarm@medicine.umaryland.edu no later than August 1st.
01 July 2008Conference in New Dehli: 11-14 January 2009 The Employees State Insurance Corporation of India, one of the largest insurers in the world, is collaborating with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health of Maulana Azad Medical College (New Delhi, India), the Collegium Ramazzini and Drexel University, School of Public Health (Philadephia, PA, USA) to organize a state-of-the-art three-day international conference on "Preventing emerging occupational and environmental risks in South Asia and beyond" in New Delhi, India from 11-14 January 2009.
The conference aims to bring together a galaxy of physicians, scientists, academicians, researchers to discuss and deliberate issues of topical importance in one of the most economically active regions of the world. Several young researchers from neighboring Asian countries are also likely to participate and interact with Collegium Fellows. The event promises to be one of the best academic events held in India in this decade. The Indian researchers and authorities are looking forward to the conference with a view to get the best of ideas to develop a dynamic research and practice model of occupational and environmental health meeting the challenge of globalization in the 21st Century.
For further Information please contact:
Tushar Kant Joshi
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health
Ground Floor, B L Taneja Block
MAMC, New Delhi
Phone:- 911123233519, 23221515, 23232400 Ext. 4395
Fax: 911123214731
Email: kantjoshi@gmail.com
21 May 2008Dr. Philip J. Landrigan to be honored with the 4th Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award on June 5, 2008 The Collegium Ramazzini is pleased to announce the conferment of the Irving J. Selikoff Memorial Award to Professor Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc. The ceremony will be held at 11 am on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in the Hatch auditorium of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, located at 1468 Madison Avenue (@ E. 100th Street), New York, NY. Following the presentation of the award, Dr. Landrigan will deliver a lecture entitled “The Future of Occupational and Environmental Medicine”. All Fellows and friends of the Collegium Ramazzini are cordially invited to attend the event.
The Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture was instituted in 1993 by the Collegium Ramazzini, an independent, international academy founded in 1982 by Irving J. Selikoff, Cesare Maltoni and other eminent scientists. The Collegium Ramazzini is comprised of 180 members from more than 30 countries, internationally renowned experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health.
The award is given periodically to a scientist or humanist whose studies and achievements have contributed to the protection of workers’ health and the environment. Funds for the award are provided by the Irving J. Selikoff Endowment of the Collegium Ramazzini. The award has been previously conferred only three times, in 1995 to Professor Cesare Maltoni (Italy), in 2006 to Professor Yasunosuke Suzuki (USA) and in 2007 to Dr. Morando Soffritti (Italy).
18 March 2008Save the Date > Ramazzini Days October 24-26, 2008 This year's annual Ramazzini Days meeting will be held in Carpi, Italy from October 24th (opening dinner) to Sunday, October 26th (closing lunch). Fellows should plan to arrive at the Bologna International Airport (BLQ) or at the Modena Centrale train station on Friday, October 24th. Departures should be scheduled for Sunday afternoon or Monday.
Online registration for the event will open on July 1st. Questions may be directed to events@ramazzini.it.
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