Collegium Ramazzini

Founded in 1982, Collegium Ramazzini is an independent, international academy with 180 invited members from more than 30 countries.[1] Its members are internationally renowned experts in the fields of occupational and environmental health, including Dr. Joseph Graziano,[2] Dr. David Eastmond[3][4] Dr. David Ozonoff,[5] Dr. T.K. Joshi,[6] Dr. Mohamed Jeebhay,[7] and Dr. Giuliano Franco.[8]

It was named after sixteenth-century Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini and was founded by Irving Selikoff,[9] Cesare Maltoni and other eminent scientists in 1982. The mission of the Collegium Ramazzini is to advance the study of occupational and environmental health issues. Through its members and activities, it seeks to bridge scientific discovery and the socio-political centers that will need to act on these discoveries and advances in the area of health and safety.

Seminars and honoraria

One main purpose of the Collegium is to host conferences, symposia and seminars that introduce scientific, medical and governmental bodies to various issues and research in the area of health and safety. The Ramazzini Days 2011 seminar was held in Carpi, Italy.

In 2012, the "Environment and health in political agenda" symposium was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from March 22–24. The conference was jointly organized by the Collegium Ramazzini and the Universidad Republica Oriental de Uruguay. The seminar was dedicated to Dr. Jenny Pronczuk De Garbino (1947-2010), Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini and expert in childhood diseases.

Awards

In addition to meetings and publications, the Collegium makes a number of merit awards.

Ramazzini Award

The Collegium annually gives the Ramazzini Award instituted in 1984 to "scientists deemed by the Collegium to have made outstanding contributions to furthering the aims of Bernardino Ramazzini in safeguarding public health".[10]

  • 2018: Fernanda Giannasi (Brazil)
  • 2017: Karel Van Damme (Belgium)
  • 2016: Arthur L. Frank (USA)
  • 2015: Philippe Grandjean (Denmark)
  • 2014: Benedetto Terracini
  • 2013: John R. Froines (USA)
  • 2012: Sheldon W. Samuels (USA)
  • 2011: Morris Greenberg (UK)
  • 2010: Marja Sorsa (Finland)
  • 2009: Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of Thailand
  • 2008: Massimo Crespi (Italy)
  • 2007: Fiorella Belpoggi (Italy)
  • 2006: Anders Englund (Sweden)
  • 2005: Lorenzo Tomatis (Italy)
  • 2004: Herbert L. Needleman (USA)
  • 2003: Olav Axelson (Sweden)
  • 2002: Myron A. Mehlman (USA)
  • 2000: Eula Bingham (USA)
  • 1998: Joseph Ladou (USA)
  • 1997: Samuel Milham (USA)
  • 1996: John C. Bailar III (USA)
  • 1995: Cesare Maltoni (Italy)
  • 1994: David G. Hoel (USA)
  • 1993: Yasunosuke Suzuki (USA)
  • 1992: Luigi Giarelli (Italy).
  • 1991: Alice M. Stewart (UK) and Friedrich Pott (Germany)
  • 1990: Lars Ehrenberg (Sweden)
  • 1989: David P. Rall (USA)
  • 1988: Johannes Clemmesen (Denmark)
  • 1987: Dietrich F.K. Schmahl (Germany)
  • 1986: Arthur C. Upton (USA)
  • 1985: Alberto Bisetti (Italy)
  • 1984: Muzaffer Aksoy (Turkey) and Enrico C. Vigliani (Italy)

Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture

The Collegium Ramazzini awards the Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture honoraria to "an internationally recognized scientist or humanist whose studies and achievements have contributed to the protection of workers' health and the environment".

Prize winners to date have been:

Publications

The Collegium Ramazzani has functioned as an initial publication source for many scientific papers later re-published in additional peer reviewed journals.[11]

The Collegium Ramazzani has also published editorials through its Presidents and collectively in peer-reviewed scientific journals including calls for an international ban on asbestos in 1999,[12] 2005,[13] 2010 [14] and 2012.[15]

See also

Further reading
  • Tice, et al., Cytogenic Manifestations of Benzene Induced Damage in Murine Bone Marrow, Paper Presented at International Conference on Benzene, Collegium Ramazzini, New York, 1983 (cited in "Readings in Risk" by Glickman
  • "Collegium Ramazzini statement on the control of pesticides in the European Union: a call for action to protect human health," American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2009), Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Publisher: Polirom, Pages: 176-7
  • Landrigan, PJ; Soffritti, M (March 2005). "Collegium Ramazzini statement on Darfur". Am. J. Ind. Med. 47 (3): 193–4. doi:10.1002/ajim.20144. PMID 15712253..

References
  1. Hook, GE (November 1995). "Ramazzini: father of environmental health?". Environ. Health Perspect. 103 (11): 982–3. doi:10.1289/ehp.95103982. PMC 1519185. PMID 8605856. (discussing the founding of the Collegium Ramazzini and the 1995 Symposia held in Washington, D.C.)
  2. Dr. Graziano, Assoc. Dean of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University named fellow of C. Ramazzani, 2007
  3. NTP advisor named as fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, NIESH Environmental Factor, 2012
  4. News Medical, C. Ramazzini honors Riverside Toxicologist
  5. David Ozonoff Chairman Emeritus, Environmental Health Professor, Environmental Health, Boston University
  6. "Dr. Joshi is first Indian Physician Elected to Collegium Ramazzini". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  7. "Mohomad Jeebhay from Univ. of Cape Town Elected to C. Ramazzini" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
  8. Giuliano Franco, Director of the Occupational Health Unit and Consultant of Occupational health in the Policlinico Hospital of Modena - and Director of the Postgraduate School of Occupational Health of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  9. Obituary of Dr. Irving J. Selikoff in New York Times, 1992, noting that Dr. Selikoff was former director of C. Ramazzini
  10. Collegium Ramazzini
  11. Garfinkel, L. (1991). "Lung cancer and smoking trends in the United States over the past 25 years". CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 41 (3): 137–145. doi:10.3322/canjclin.41.3.137. PMID 1796939. (noting that this article is an update of a paper published through the C. Ramazzini in 1989)
  12. Collegium R., Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine October 1999 - Volume 41 - Issue 10 - pp 830-832
  13. Landrigan, Philip J. (2005). "Collegium Ramazzini call for an international ban on asbestos". American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 47 (6): 471–474. doi:10.1002/ajim.20173. PMID 15898095.
  14. Ramazzini, Collegium (2010). "Asbestos Is Still With Us: Repeat Call for a Universal Ban". Archives of Environmental. 65 (3): 121–126. doi:10.1080/19338241003776104. PMID 20705571.
  15. Ladou; et al. (February 20, 2001). "A call for an international ban on asbestos". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 164 (4): 489–490. Bibcode:2000ER.....83...79.. doi:10.1006/enrs.2000.4054. PMC 80776. PMID 11233868.
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