SCIENTIFIC-DISCIPLINARY SECTOR (SSD)
MED/42 Hygiene and Public Health
RESEARCH TOPICS:
- study of foodborne pathogens prevalence;
- epidemiology of infectious diseases;
- evaluation and development of analytical methods;
- application of biomolecular methods for pathogens typing;
- microbial bio-molecular characterization;
- epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging pathogens;
- population attitudes and knowledge about health-related issues;
- risk in workplaces, with particular focus on the biological risk;
- risk and evaluation of preventive measures;
- epidemiology of sexually-transmitted infectious diseases, with the application of molecular methods;
- epidemiology of respiratory diseases and relationship between environment and human health;
- epidemiology of hospital-acquired infections.
- epidemiology and surveillance of asbestos-related diseases, with focus on mesotheliomas
KEYWORDS
Public Health, Hygiene, Epidemiology, Prevention, Infectious diseases, Molecular epidemiology, Biostatistics