Who's Who

Chiara Scoccianti

Technical Officer

Nutritional Epidemiology Group


Specialty:

Environmental Biomarkers & Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

Academic Degrees

YearDegreeMajorInstitutionTownCountry
2011PhDMolecular EpidemiologyImperial CollegeLondonUK
1998MScPharmacokinetic & MetabolismUniversitĂ  degli Studi di Bologna (Associazione Nazionale Tumori)BolognaItaly
1996MScChemistry/Physics/MathematicsFacoltĂ  di Chimica Industriale & University of Sussex BrightonBologna & BrightonItaly & UK


Current Research Projects

  • IARC Monographs Vol. 100 Workshops: Tumour concordance and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
    IARC IMO

  • IARC Monographs meeting Vol. 101: Some Chemicals in Industrial and Consumer Products, Food Contaminants and Flavourings, and Water Chlorination By-Products. (Mechanisms of carcinogenesis)
    IARC IMO

  • Breast Cancer in Latina America (PreCAMA)
    IARC NEP


Selected Publications

Scoccianti C, Vesin A, Martel G, Olivier M, Brambilla E, Timsit JF; the EUELC Consortium, Tavecchio L, Brambilla C, Field JK, Hainaut P. (2012) Prevalence and prognostic value of mutations in TP53, KRAS and EGFR in NSCLC in the EUELC cohort. Eur Respir J Jan 20 , Epub ahead of print

Scoccianti C, Minelli L, Biribanti A, Casadei R, Vineis P. (2011) Environment and health: the case of the built environment and obesity. Ig Sanita Pubbl 67(3) : 339-50

Scoccianti C, Ricceri F, Ferrari P, Cuenin C, Sacerdote C, Polidoro S, Jenab M, Hainaut P, Vineis P, Herceg Z. (2011) Methylation patterns in sentinel genes in peripheral blood cells of heavy smokers: influence of cruciferous vegetables in an intervention study. Epigenetics 6(9) : 1114-9

Azar Sharabiani MT, Vermeulen R, Scoccianti C, Hosnijeh FS, Minelli L, Sacerdote C, Palli D, Krogh V, Tumino R, Chiodini P, Panico S, Vineis P. (2011) Immunologic profile of excessive body weight. Biomarkers 16(3) : 243-51

Saberi Hosnijeh F, Krop EJ, Scoccianti C, Krogh V, Palli D, Panico S, Tumino R, Sacredote C, Nawroly N, Portengen L, Linseisen J, Vineis P, Vermeulen R. (2010) Plasma Cytokines and Future Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL): A Case-Control Study Nested in the Italian European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. CEBP 19(6) : 1577-84

Scientific Societies Membership

ItalianÂ’s Chemists Register

Prizes, Honours

Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), ECNIS Fellowship.
University of Sussex, Scholarship.
University of Bologna, Scholarship.