Sr.
Paolo Vecchia
Prof. Paolo
Vecchia was graduated in Physics at the University of Rome in 1969.
Since 1973,
he has been serving at the National Institute of Health (ISS) in Rome. He has
been working in the field of Non Ionizing Radiation (NIR), performing both basic
research and control activity aimed at the protection of workers and of the
general public.
Responsibilities of prof. Vecchia include advice to health and environmental
authorities on any health problem related to NIR.
In the field of basic
research, he has been involved mainly in studies on possible effects of
electromagnetic fields on the immune system as well as in theoretical dosimetry.
He is also collaborating to epidemiological studies relative to both low- and
high-frequency
He has
organized and directed courses on different topics related to NIR at the
Advanced School for Radiation Protection in Como, Italy. He has also been
lecturer at several national and international schools, and Professor of
"Fundamentals of Protection against Non Ionizing Radiation” at the post-graduate
school of Health Physics of the University "Tor Vergata" in Rome.
Past
President of the Italian Radiation Protection Association (AIRP), and of the
European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA), prof. Vecchia is presently
Chairman of the International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP),
Member of the Steering Committee of the European Action COST 281, and Member of
the International Advisory Committee of the International EMF Project of the
World Health Organization.