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Bio
Martin Röösli is Full Professor for Environmental Epidemiology at the Swiss Tropical- and Public Health Institute in Basel and leads the Environmental Exposures and Health Unit.
In addition to his strong research focus on electromagnetic field (EMF), he works on various environmental health topics such as noise, air pollution, climate change and pesticides. He does exposure assessment studies, epidemiological research and health impact assessments including systematic reviews. Major EMF studies he is or was involved include CEFALO, ARIMMORA, GERONIMO, QUALIFEX, ETAIN, GOLIAT and SwissNIS.
In the field of EMF he acts or has acted in numerous national and international committee including the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, Swiss Expert Group on Non-Ionising Radiation, International Commission for Non-ionizing Radiation Protection, the German Radiation Protection Commission, the Independent Expert Group of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the U.S. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Protection (NCRP) Scientific Committee on Nonionizing Radiation. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and reports.
D'Arsonval Lecture
With the introduction of the mobile technology in the 1990ties, the question of health effects from electromagnetic fields (EMF) has been debated more intensively. This was a motivation to me to engage myself in this emerging topic after having completed my PhD in air pollution risk assessment in 2001. Throughout my career, EMF has been a strong focus of my research. Nevertheless, other environmental health topics have stayed in my portfolio; in particular health effects from transportation noise. This diversity in topic has been a continuous source of inspiration for my EMF research and conversely. In the D’Arsonval plenary, I will show similarities and differences between these topics in terms of research methods, concepts, regulation principles and public perception.
