Gender Female ; 2 kids (in 2008 and 2010)

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1 Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) Stefania, Boccia Address(es) 38, Via del Forte Trionfale, 00135, Rome, Italy Telephone(s) +39 (0) Mobile: Fax(es) +39 (0) sboccia@rm.unicatt.it Nationality Italian Date of birth 24 January 1974 Gender Female ; 2 kids (in 2008 and 2010) MSc, DSc, PhD Associate Professor Main activities and responsibilities National scientific qualification to function as Full Professor in Italian Universities Associate Professor of Hygiene Deputy Director of Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Director of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Research Center, Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Head of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit, Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Type of business or sector Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome University teacher Assistant Professor Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Page 1/7 - Curriculum vitae of Head of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit

2 Section of Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome on Editor in Chief Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health PREX, Spa Associate Editor: European Journal of Public Health on Education and training Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training 2009 PhD in Genetic Epidemiology Public Health and Epidemiology Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2006 Doctor of Science in Genetic Epidemiology Public Health and Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2006 Master of Science in Epidemiology Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 2002 Degree of Specialist in Clinical Pathology Sapienza University of Rome, Rome Personal skills and competences 1997 Degree in Biological Sciences University La Sapienza, Rome Mother tongue(s) Italian Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Language C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Social skills and competences Page 2/7 - Curriculum vitae of Organizational skills, determination, self-motivated

3 Organisational skills and competences Leadership Sense of organization Excellent experience in project and team management (she conductes a team of 15 persons) Computer skills and competences Excellent command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel and PowerPoint ) Excellent command of some Data Management and Analysis applications (STATA, Epi Info and others) Excellent knowledge of web applications Artistic skills and competences Painting, Writing Other skills and competences Gym, jogging, traveling and reading Driving licence B Research Areas and Publications The main lines of research in which Stefania Boccia is currently involved concern: 1. (Genetic) Epidemiology of cancer 2. Epidemiological Methods 3. Public Health Genomics 4. Public Health Publications Track Records Author and co-author of 118 scientific publications (98 in English language journals indexed or impacted, 20 national journals), where she is first or last author in 57% of articles published National and international Book chapters: 13 Bibliographic indicators H-Index (Scopus ) 22 Cumulative Impact Factor (Journal of Citation Report) Sum of the Times Cited (Scopus) 1153 Average Citations per Item Publications indexed in Medline 89 Additional information ASSIGNMENTS 2014-on Coordinator of the National Working Group for Public Health Genomics inside the Italian Society of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (SItI) 2014-on Member of the Working Group in the area of clinical risk for the Latium Region (working group Coordination for Health Care Associated Infections) Representative of the Faculty of Medicinel on the Board of Directors of the Hospital Page 3/7 - Curriculum vitae of

4 University "A. Gemelli", Rome, Italy 2013-on Member of the Steering Committee of the Stomach Cancer Pooling (StoP) Project, , dec -on Director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy 2012, oct -on Member of the Board of SItI, Società Italiana di Igiene _ Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica, Regione Lazio, Italy 2012, jul- on Deputy Director of the Section of Hygiene - Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Member of the Evaluation Committee for the "Essential Assistance Levels ", Italian Ministry of Health 2007-on Member of the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology (INHANCE) Consortium, Coordinator Paolo Boffetta (Mount Sinai University, NY) , jun.- on Coordinator of the Italian Network for Public Health Genomics (GENISAP) ACADEMIC AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2002-on Professor of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, biostatistics and Biotechnology in Public Health in several University teaching courses, Postgraduate Schools and Masters at the Faculty of Medicine Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy on Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Public Health, Department of Health Sciences, Milano Bicocca University, Milan, Italy Member of the Academic Board of the PhD Economics and Management in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Unversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy 2012-on Scientific Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy 2011-on Professor of Issues in Public Health Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy Professor of Epidemiology - Master of International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy (MIHMEP), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy Teaching Coordinator of International courses Special Topics in Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Prof: A. Hofman, D. Hosmer, J. Ioannidis, A.C.W. Janssens, S. Lemeshow, K. J. Rothman, C.M. van Duijn), Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Teaching Coordinator of Master's Degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Teaching Coordinator of Course in "Molecular Biology in Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy Page 4/7 - Curriculum vitae of

5 MAIN RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROJECTS National Principal Investigator of a unit inside the multicentrice project funded by Italian Ministry of Health: Genetic and Lifestyle Factors in gastric cancer epidemiology: enhancing research through the establishment of an international consortium Principal Investigator of the project funded by Fondazione Veronesi: The role of microrna (mirna), lifestyle factors, and their interaction in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) risk and prognosis in elderly and young adults Principal Investigator of the project funded by AIRC (Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro): The role of microrna (mirna), lifestyle factors, and their interaction in Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) risk and prognosis Principal Investigator of a Unit inside the multicentric project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (CCM 2013) on: " Polypharmacy: analysis of the phenomenon and evaluation and development of a management model to reduce the impact on the prognosis in elderly patients with cancer chemotherapy candidates Principal Investigator of a Unit inside the multicentric project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (CCM 2012) on: "Optimization of complex patient management in the territory: a platform of Integrated Care Principal Investigator of a Unit inside the multicentric project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (CCM 2011) on "The economic impact of genetic testing in the National Health Service (NHS): evaluation of diagnostic and care, estimates of cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis and health policy at European level" Scientific Coordinator of the project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (CCM 2011) on Predictive genomic tests: census in some Italian regions for the establishment of a register of supply, and promotion of training for doctors" Principal Investigator of a Unit inside a multicentric national project funded by Italian Minister of University (PRIN) on Application of the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to the evaluation of vaccines and HTA impact on Public Health decisions Principal Investigator of the project funded by AIRC (Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro): "Post-GWA study: biological and prognostic significance of ADH polymorphisms in head and neck cancer patients 2009 Scientific Coordinator of the project funded by Local Health Authority Abruzzo region on Predictive genomic tests for hereditary breast and colon cancer: evaluation of the appropriateness of screening individuals at high-risk in selected Italian regions Partner of the National multicenter project on Health Technology Assessment of genetic tests for venous thromboembolism (Coordinator: Prof. W. Ricciardi) funded by the Italian Minister of University (PRIN) 2008 Coordinator of a local Unit inside a multicentric project funded by Local Health Authority Abruzzo region on Evaluation of the effectiveness of public campaign for the cervical carcinoma screening Principal Investigator of a Unit inside a multicentric project funded by Italian Minister of Page 5/7 - Curriculum vitae of

6 University on the study of the epidemiology of Legionellosis in Italy 2000-on Principal Investigator of three hospital-based case-control studies funded by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, and carried out inside the University Hospital. International Partner of the JPI (Joint Programme Initiative) for the project: Determinants of Diet and Physical Activity; Knowledge Hub to integrate and develop infrastructure for research across Europe (DEDIPAC KH, Coordinator Prof. Johannes Brug, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 2013-on Delegate of the Ministry of Health as a representative within the EU project Personalized Medicine 2020 and beyond- Preparing Europe for leading the global way (PerMed) funded by FP7 EU/CSA Partner of the training project EU Erasmus-Mundus Western Balcans (ERAWEB) funded by FP7 EU partnership of five European Universities (Erasmus MC, The Netherlands; University of Turin; Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany; UMIT University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Austria) Partner of the "HPV-AHEAD, Role of human papillomavirus infection and other co-factors in the aetiology of head and neck cancer in India and Europe" (EU FP7, Coordinator Paul Brennan, IARC, Lyon, France) Partner of the European Network of Public Health Genomics (PHGEN II) funded by FP7 EU Partner of the European Network of Public Health Genomics (PHGEN) funded by FP6 EU HONORS, AWARDS AND PARTICIPATIONS TO EXPERTISE PANELS 2012, feb-2013 Member of the Expertise Panel of the European Science Foundation (ESF) _ "Personalised Medicine for the European citizen" Member of the Steering Committee of the Swiss National Initiative on Healthy Food and Sustainable Food Production (Swiss National Foundation) 2007 mar/apr Fellowship given by 'Environmental Cancer Risk, Nutrition and Individual Susceptibility (ECNIS) Network at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France 2007 Award best poster at the Italian Conference of Public Health, Pisa 2006 Award best young scientific communication at the Congress 'gastric cancer-treatment by stage', Campobasso 2005 Fellowship for the Master of Science in Epidemiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Fellowship for the Specialization in Clinical Pathology of University La Sapienza Page 6/7 - Curriculum vitae of

7 EDITORIAL ACTIVITY Editor in Chief: Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Associate Editor: European Journal of Public Health, BMC Cancer. Editorial board: International Journal of Chronic Diseases, Dataset Papers in Medicine, The Scientific World JOURNAL (until november 2013). Reviewer the following international journals, among them: Annals of Oncology, Biomarkers, BMC Cancer, BMC Public Health, Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Carcinogenesis, European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepathology, European Journal of Internal medicine, European Journal of Public Health, Digestive Disease and Science, Gene, Genomics in Medicine, International Journal of Cancer, International Journal of Epidemiology, Italian Journal of Public Health, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Lung Cancer, Pharmacogenetics and Genomics, Plos One, Public Health Genomics, Public Health Research e Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration protocols Referee for the Evaluation of research projects on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Evaluation of research products (VQR ) on behalf of ANVUR Referee for the Evaluation of research projects on behalf of: - Swiss National Science Foundation - Dutch national science foundation (NWO) - Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (RPF), for the projects related to Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology - University of Verona - Romanian National Council for Development and Innovation Signature Page 7/7 - Curriculum vitae of