Background
Carlo, La Vecchia was born on February 27, 1955 in Milan. Son of Aurelio and Margherita Maria (Lerda) La V.
Carlo, La Vecchia was born on February 27, 1955 in Milan. Son of Aurelio and Margherita Maria (Lerda) La V.
Doctor in Medicine (honorary), University Milan, 1979. Master of Science in Medicine Science and Epidemiology, Oxford University, England, 1983. Diploma, Postgraduate School Pharmacol.
Reserve, Ist. Mario Negri, Milan, 1983.
Researcher Institute di Research Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, since 1979. Research fellow, department community medicine and medical practice University Oxford, 1981—1983. Associate professor epidemiology University Lausanne, Switzerland, 1987—1992, adjunct professor epidemiology Switzerland, since 2008.
Head, laboratory general epidemiology Institute Mario Negri, Milan, since 1989, head, department epidemiology, since 2007. Adjunct professor epidemiology Harvard School Public Health, Boston, 1996—2001. Adjunct professor School Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 2006.
Senior fellow International Agency Research Cancer (IARC/World Health Organization), Lyon, France, 2007—2009. Advisor World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1988. Member fellowship committee Union for International Cancer Control, Geneva, 1991-1995.
Visiting lecturer, Harvard University School Public Health, 1994-1995, adjunct associate professor epidemiology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996-2009. Adjunct professor medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville.
Member European Society for Human Reproduction (executive committee 1991-1995), American Association for Cancer Research, International Epidemiological Association.
Married Eva Negri, July 24, 1987. Children: Irene, Adriano.