Environment, occupation and cancer seminar

The seminar Environment, Occupation and Cancer: Etiology and Prevention will take place on the 25th of September 2025.

The seminar will consist of three separate sessions followed by a panel debate, with the aim of strengthening national collaboration within occupational and environmental cancer epidemiology, benefiting from both national and international expertise, as well as laying the foundations for future collaborations.

Keynotes are Prof. Kurt Straif (Boston College, US) and Prof. Paolo Vineis (Imperial College, UK).

The first session will highlight the current challenges related to occupational cancer, with a focus on how changing exposure patterns affect the risk, based on previous experiences. The second session will be about chemicals and environmental toxins, with particular emphasis on PFAS, air pollution and other carcinogenic substances that affect health. The third session will address the current situation within occupational cancer and look at how we can identify and manage future risks using current knowledge and trends.

In the panel debate, the speakers will discuss different perspectives on the prevention of environmental and occupational cancer. To promote collaboration and networking, PhD students and postdocs will have the opportunity to present their research through poster presentations during the lunch break.

For more information, see the preliminary program here.