
Emanuele Pasquale Scafato
Senior Researcher
Telephone: +39 06 4990 4028
Viale Regina Elena 299
00161 - Roma (I)
emanule.scafato@iss.it
Emanuele SCAFATO, Epidemiologist, gastroenterologist, Senior Researcher
Director of the Health Population’s Health and Health Determinants Unit,
Director of the National Observatory on Alcohol,
Director of the World Health Organization Centre for Health Promotion and Research on Alcohol and Alcohol-related Health Problems
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Nat. Inst. Health), National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion - CNESPS , ROMA, Italy
Position held
2004- Director. Population’s Health and Health Determinants Unit, National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome
2003- Consultant United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - UNICRI
2003- Anti-doping ISS - Ministry of Health national inspector for surveillance on the activities of the laboratories in charge for controls in sport activities and event
2000 WHO Consultant . Alcohol Drug and Tobacco Unit. Health Promotion Department. Regional Office for Europe. Copenaghen
1997-2004 Senior Researcher, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Rome
2000 WHO Short Term Consultant . Alcohol Drug and Tobacco Unit. Health Promotion Department. Regional Office for Europe. Copenaghen
Epidemiological research on alcohol use and abuse and on alcohol-related problems
Health planning, health promotion and training activities on alcohol-related issues and ageing of population at international, european, national and regional level.
Health indicators and health monitoring system at international, european, national and regional level. Subsecreteriat of the Working Party Health Indicators od the EU Commission
Research activities on ageing, Alzheimer disease, dementia and cognitive disorders
MAIN research activities
EUROPEAN
- European Union, “ECHIM. European Community Health Indicators and Monitoring” Sub.secretariat Working Party 7 Public Health Programme. European Commission, Public Health and Safety at work. Directorate, DGV/F – (Principal Investigator - Country Investigator) Luxembourg 2005-2008
- European Union, “ECHI 2. Implementing European Community Health indicator”. European Commission, Public Health and Safety at work. Directorate, DGV/F – (Principal Investigator - Country Investigator) Luxembourg 2001-2004
- European Union, VIth FPRT, Coordinated Project ERA-AGE and EERA-AGE (extension) – European Research Area in Ageing research . Dg Research, Bruxelles. (Country Investigator and Steering Group Member) 2003-2005 and 2005-2008
- Unione Europea, Sesto Programma Quadro di Ricerca, Network of Excellence ERA-NET – European Research Area Network on Ageing research . Dg Research, Bruxelles 2003-2005 (Country Investigator and Steering Group Member) 2003-2005
- EU Public Health Programme. Progetto Europeo PHEPA - Integrating health promotion interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption into primary health care professionals’ daily work, Public Health Programme. European commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection. (Principal Investigator e Country Coordinator) 2001-2005
- EU Public Health Programme. Progetto Europeo Alcohol Policy Network in the context of a larger Europe: Bridging the Gap. European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection. Directorate, DGV/F – Luxembourg (Principal Investigator) 2003-2006
- EU Health Promotion Programme. Progetto Europeo Young People and Alcohol, MEGAPOLES Network. European Commission, DG Health and Consumer Protection. Directorate, DGV/F – Luxembourg (Country Specialist Investigator) 2001-2002
- European Community Project “ECHI 1. Integrated approach to establishing Community Health indicator”. UE Health Monitoring Programme – European Commission, Public Health and Safety at work Directorate, DGV/F – Luxembourg 1998-2001 (Country Investigator)
- European Community, Fifth Framework Programme, Accompanying measure NUTRAGE – Nutrition in Old Age- the state of the art Bruxelles (Scientific Co-Coordinator) 2002-2003
- WHO. Two sites WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Health promotion on Alcohol and Alcohol-related problems. Istituto Superiore di Sanità e Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, Università “La Sapienza” (Director) Rome 1995-1998
- WHO. Collaborative Study on Implementing Country-wide early identification and brief intervention strategies in Primary Health Care – Phase IV (National Supervisor appointed by Minister of Health, Chief Investigator e Country Coordinator).
- WHO. Principal Investigator WHO Reference Centre on Alcohol for the implementation of WHO-European Alcohol Action Plan Strategies – Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica , Università “La Sapienza” di Roma. Roma 1995-1996
- OCSE. Project “Study of cross-national differences in the treatment of ageing-related diseases “ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division. (Country researcher and National Representative appointed by the Minister of Health) Paris 2001-2003
- OCSE. Country researcher Project “Study of cross-national differences in treatments, costs and outcomes in Ischemic Hearth Disease“ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division. (Country researcher and National Representative appointed by the Minister of Health) Paris 2001-2003
- OCSE. Country researcher Project “Differences in treatment of stroke in OECD Countries“ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division. (Country researcher and National Representative appointed by the Minister of Health) Paris 2001-2003
- OCSE. Country researcher Project ““Study of cross-national differences in treatments, costs and outcomes in Breast Cancer“ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division. (Country researcher and National Representative appointed by the Minister of Health) Paris 2001-2003
NATIONAL
- National Health Funding Project 2000 Ricerca Finalizzata Ministero della Sanità “I.PR.E.A. (Italian Project for Epidemiology of Alzheimer disease) Progetto nazionale Epidemiologia dell’Alzheimer. (Project Leader)
- Progetto 2001 Ministero Salute - ISS. SINDIS Project. Creation and implementation of a set of indicators aimed at the evaluation of health determinants and for the measurement of the National and Regional Health Planning outcomes. (Co-Coordinator and Scientific Committe Member)
- National Health Funding Project 2000 “Health costs forecasting in the elderly: identification of national strategies for the prevention, care and rehabilitation in public health services” (Principal Investigator and Operative Unit coordinator)
- Presidenza del Consiglio (Prime Minister Office) – Minister of Health/National Institute of Health Project “Integrated Project on prevention, early detection, brief intervention and effectiveness evaluation of alcohol-related problems and pathologies prevention strategies in Primary Health Care” (Principal Investigator, National Coordinator). Rome 2000-2003
- PR.I.S.M.A. (Italian Project PR.I.S.M.A. Italian project on Prevention, Identification and Strategies Management for Alcol-related problems). National Drug Funding 2000, Presidenza del Consiglio, Social Affairs Department.(Principal Investigator, National Coordinator). Rome 2003-2005
- Ministry of Health – National Institute of Health Project “National Observatory and Cooperative Network on Alcohol” (Principal Investigator, National Coordinator)
- National Observatory on Smoke, Alcohol and Drug of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Director of the Alcohol Unit)
- Ministry of Health funded Project “National Observatory on the quality of care in fragile older people- ULISSE Project” (Project co-leader)
- National Health Funding “Heart Project”, Line of research “Development of national guidelines and standard methodology for early detection of alcohol abuse and its prevention “(Principal Investigator and Operative Unit coordinator)
- National Health Funding Project “Epidemiology of the Elderly” (Researcher and Operative Unit coordinator)
- National Health Funding Project 1999 Ricerca Finalizzata Ministero della Sanità “Burden of Disease” (Coordination Unit)
- Progetto Istituto Superiore di Sanità “Monitoring Health Status of the Population” (Coordination Unit)
Experience
- National Representative (following Minister of Health decree) in the Working Group Alcohol and Health of the European Programme of Community Action on Health Promotion, Information, Education and Training . European Commission. DG V. Luxembourg
- National Representative (following Minister of Health decree) in the Working Group of the European Committee of the Health Monitoring Programme, Pillar C. European Commission. Directorate General Health & Consumer Protection. Directorate F Public Health. Directorate F, Public Health. Unit F3 - Health Promotion, health monitoring and injury prevention . Luxembourg
- National representative (following Minister of Health appointment) in the project Study of cross-national differences in the treatment of ageing-related diseases OCSE OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division.
International Co-operation :
• Technical Consultant on assessment of prevention and treatment systems for substance use disorders WHO Headquarter, Geneva,
• Sub-Secretariat of the Public Health programme in the Working Party Health Indicators, Luxemborurg
• Expert of European Commission. Directorate General Health & Consumer Protection. Directorate F – Public Health in the Drafting Group “Alcohol Drinking of Children and Adolescents. Advertising and Young People”. European Commission – Directorate F. Unit F3 - Health Promotion, health monitoring and injury prevention Unit. Luxembourg
• WHO Temporary Adviser in the Working Group on Information Collection on Alcohol, World Health Organization EURO Office. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department. Copenaghen.
• WHO National Counterpart and WHO Focal Foint for the European Alcohol Action Plan 1998-2007. World Health Organization EURO Office. Copenaghen, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department. Copenaghen
• Expert in the project “Study of cross-national differences in treatments, costs and outcomes in Ischemic Hearth Disease“ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division.
• Expert in the OECD “Ageing-related diseases project on breast cancer“ OCSE – OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). Paris. OECD Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. Social Policy Division.
• High Level Expert of the European Commission in the Vth Framework Programme . Experts Evaluator’s Panel 1999-2004 “Life Sciences” Programme "Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources"”. Key Action "The Ageing Population and Disabilities" Line 6.2 “The Ageing Population and their Disabilities”. Bruxelles
• High Level Expert of the European Commission in the Vth Framework Programme . Experts Evaluator’s Panel 1999-2004. “Life Sciences” Programme "Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources"”. Key Action "The Ageing Population and Disabilities". Line 6.3 “Demographic and Social Policy Aspects of Population Ageing” Bruxelles
• High Level Expert of the European Commission in the VIth Framework Programme . Experts Evaluator’s Panel 2000 -2006. Accompanying Measures Evaluation, Mid-term evaluator funded project and Food Area, .Bruxelles
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1981- AISF Italian Society Studies on Liver Ordinary Member
1985- SIGE Italian Society of Gastroenterology Ordinary Member
1989- SIA Italian Society of Alcology Ordinary Member
1989- Biliary Club Ordinary Member
1994- GESIA Epidemiology Group of the SIA National Advisor
1994- National Epidemiol. Committe of the AISF National Advisor
1994-99 SIA Italian Society of Alcology National Board Advisor
1999- SIA Italian Society of Alcology National Secretary
Editorial and/or Scientific Journal’s Membership
1999- Alcologia – Eur. J. Of Alcohol Studies Editorial Board
2001- Trastornos Addictivos Editorial board
2001 - Conductas Adictivas Editorial Board
2003- Bollettino Farmacodipendenze e Alcolismo - Editorial Board
2003- Bollettino Farmacodipendenze e Alcolismo - Scientific Committe