Lunchtime seminar: Birth defects prevention: global efforts
Monday 16 January 2012
12:00-13:00, C 102
WHO Geneva, Switzerland
Presented by:
Dr. Lorenzo Botto and Dr. Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo
Dr Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo is Professor of Pediatrics, and formerly Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Catholic University of Rome. At present he is Director of the Alessandra Lisi International Centre on Birth Defects and Prematurity and Director of the Centre of the ICBDSR. His main research field is the epidemiology of birth defects, and his current main interest is to promote preconception health in Italy.
International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research
Dr Lorenzo Botto works at the interface between epidemiology and clinical medicine, with special emphasis on global prevention and public health assessment of birth defects. He is trained in pediatrics, medical genetics, and epidemiology. After over a decade at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (first as EIS officer, then on staff in the Birth Defects branch), he is now Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah, and chair of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research (ICBDSR), an international network dedicated to birth defects surveillance and research.
Hosted by:
Dr Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas
Dr Mario Merialdi
Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
Department of Reproductive Health and Research