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DR. GIO BAT'I'A GORI
Director, Health Policy Center. 0. irrently heads a program of basic and applied studies for
an independent a.ase.ument of health hazards and risks, of costs and benefits of regul8tion,
and the formulation oi' palic.y Hlternatives compatible with health and safety, and with a
sound economy.
PROFE3SIONAL PROFILE
Broad experience in toxicology, cpidemiology, carcinogcncais and management. Exerted
national leadership In r,arcinegenesis research, methods and priorities of carcinogen tcating,
epidcminlogy, smokfng and health, nutrition, crione depiction and ultraviolet radiation, cost
and benefit analysis of prevention policies, safety and carcinogen regulation. Played key
rules in the succcasful passage of the 1970 Cancer Act find subsequent appropriations.
PIHnned and managed research and intervention programs of national and international
swpe, rstablishing consensus priorities in cancer causation, prevention and wntrol, and
patient manHgement. First hand imderstanding of federal research cind regulatory agen-
c.-ins, the budgetary and appropriations process, Congress and legislative operations, the
diversity of motivation in private enterprise, acadcmia, advocacy groups, and a pluralistic
soc.~ioeconrnnic reality. Direct multilingual contacts with parallel issues and ofganizations in
F:urope. Numerous appearances at congressional hearings. Congressional contacts and
famif iarity with the ltay and scfentifiC media.
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L7DUCATJON
Doctor of i3iologieal Sciences, University of Camerino (Italy), 1956. Financial Analysis
f'rogrAm, Dun and Bradstreet School of Bu.winess,1965. Program for Senior Managers in
Government, Harvard Business School,19'17. Master of Public Health, Jobna Hopkins
Univeraity,1979.
POSITIONS HELD
From 19RO to 1987, Dr. Gori was Dlrector of The Franklin Institute Policy Analysis Center.
Before, he held several pasitions at the National Cunccr Institute (1968-1980), most recent-
ly as Deputy Director of the 17ivtsion of Cancer Cause and Prevention (1972 80), with
simultaneous re:pnnsibditiea ax Acting Amxziate Direwtor, Cardnogrnesis Program (1976-
1978); Director, Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Program (1973-1980); Associate Scientific
Director for Program, DCXT (1968-1972); Directar, Smoking and Health Program (1968-
1980).
Was previously Director of the Biological Rcaearch Laboratory at Litton Systems, Inc.,
Bethesda, Maryland, (1967-1968); Head of the Virology, Immunology, and Toxicology
Sections at Melpar, Inc., raila C:hurch, Virginia, (1965-1967); Assistant to the President for
Technical Affairs, Director of Quality C.onttvl, and Director of Production at Microbioingi-
a! Aasociates, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, (1962-1965).
Larliar research positions were Associatc, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Aswociate Director, Iatltuto 5ciavo, Siona, Italy; Research Associate, Virus Research
l.aboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Associate, Mierobiology and Virus
Department, Istituto Superiore di Sfurita`, Rome, Italy.
SQiTORIAI. AGTINPIISS
Nutrition and Cancer, An Internataonal Journal - Editor
Journal of Toaicology and Environmental Heahh - Bditorial Board
Regulatory Toricology and Pharmacology - Editorial Board
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Diplomxte: The Acaderrry of Tcnricological Seiencx3
Society uf Toxic:ology: former member, Technicul Cc:mmittre, Regulatory Affairs
and Legislative Asaista.nr.G Committee
Tnxicology Forum
American Society forParettteral and Enteral Nutrition
American Public Health As9ociation
American Association for Advancement of Science
International Society of Reguiatory Toxicalogy and Pharmacology :
Ocxird Member and Vice President
ADDRESSES
Office : 6704 Barr Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816
3t111229-4277. Fax 301f229-4278.
Home : 6303 Pyle Road, Bethesda, MD, 20817
301/229-0450.
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AWARDS
Public Health Service Superior Service Award - 1976
"For contributions to broad-ranging programs in cancer causations
in both national and international operations and leadership and
management of the Smoking and Health Program."
HONORS
Chairman
Conference, New Techniques in Virus Production, Annual
Meeting,Society for Industrial Microbiology, Burlington, Vermont,
August 1970.
Tobacco Working Group, 1970-1974 (NCI).
Tobacco Segment, Carcinogenesis Area, NCI, 1970-1974.
Liaison Subcommittee, Joint Committee on Smoking and Health (HEW,
AMA, CTR, HEW Secretary Sponsor), 1971-1973.
Study Group for Reverse Transcriptase Antagonists (NCI), 1971-
1972.
Pharmocological and Clinicar Approaches in Smoking Working Group,
1971-1973 (NCI).
Session on Smoking and Lung Cancer, Conference on Lung Carcinoma,
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, March 1972.
Ultraviolet Radiation and Skin Cancer Committee (HEW-DOT), 1972-
1974.
Dietary Factors and Cancer of the Large Bowel, Conference on
Nutrition in the Causation of Cancer, American Cancer Society and
the National Cancer Institute, Key Biscayne, Florida, March 1975.
Human Health Effects Group, Biologic Assessment Program of
Inadvertent Modification of the Stratosphere, Environmental
Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1976.
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Conference on Nutrition and Cancer Therapy, American Cancer
Society and the National Cancer Institute, Key Biscayne, Florida,
November 1976.
Symposium on Bioassay Models and Inhalation Toxicology, Tampa,
Florida, 1976.
Organizing Committee, National Conference on Nutrition and
Cancer, American Cancer Society, Seattle, Washington, 1978.
Interagency Committee for Stratospheric Ozone Protection - EPA -
Health Effects Group, 1979.
Program Committee, International Society of Regulatory
Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1986-89.
Executive Secretary
Tobacco Working Group, 1969-1970.
Cancer Cause and Prevention Advisory Committee, NCI, 1970-1974.
Smoking and Health Committee, National Cancer Advisory Board,
1973.
Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Program Advisory Committee, NCI, 1975-
1978.
Cancer and Nutrition Scientific Review Committee, NCI, 1976-1978.
Diet and Cancer Scientific Review Committee, NCI, 1976-1978.
Carcinogenesis Scientific Advisory Committee, NCI, 1976-1978.
Member
Committee for the Definition of Hazardous Substances in Tobacco
Smoke, National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health, Rockville,
Maryland, 1970.
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Advisory Group for Pesticide Residues in Tobacco, USDA,
Washington, DC, 1971.
Organizing Committee, XI International Cancer Congress, 1971-
1974.
Committee on Tobacco and Cancer, American Cancer Society, 1971-
1978.
IARC/WHO Committee on Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks of
Chemicals to Man, 1972-1978.
Organizing Committee, III International Conference on Smoking and
Health, 1973-1975.
Workshop on Approaches to Assess the Significance of Experimental
Chemical Carcinogenesis Data for Man, Brussels, Belgium, 1973.
Molecular Control Working Group, NCI, 1973-1976.
Review Task Force, ARS-USDA Activities in Tobacco Research, 1973-
1980.
Kentucky Tobacco and Health Research Board, Louisville, Kentucky,
1975-1978.
Nutrition Coordinating Committee, NIH, 1975.
Task Force on Tobacco and Cancer, American Cancer Society, 1975-
1976.
Committee on Prevention, Institute of Medicine, 1975-1979.
Board of Scientific Advisors, American Society for Enteral and
Parenteral Nutrition, 1977-1979.
Organizing Committee, NIH Conference on Nutrition, 1978.
Internationa 1 Union Nutritional Sciences. Workshop, Committee on
Nutrition and Cancer, Cambridge, England,_1980.
Task Force on the Delaney Clause, Council for Agricultural
Science and Technology, Washington, DC, 1980.
Technical Committee, Society of Toxicology, 1980-1981.
American Council on Science and Health, Steering Committee, 1981.
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Legislative Committee, Society of Toxicology, 1982-1983.
Regulatory Affairs and Legislative Assistance Committee, Society
of Toxicology, 1983-1984.
Scientific Committee of the 3rd Annual Symposium of the European
Organization of Cooperation in Cancer Prevention Studies, 1983-
1985.
Invited Speaker, selected meetings
Planning and Management of Research, Carlo Erba Foundation and
National Tumor Institute, Milan and Rome, 1970.
Continuous Cultivation of Viruses, Istituto Superiore di Sanita,
Rome, 1970.
Continuous Cultivation of Viruses, Society for Industrial
Microbiology, Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, 1970.
Research for a Less Hazardous Cigarette, Second International
Smoking and Health Conference, London, England, 1971.
Planning and Management of Scientific Research Programs, Grants
Associates Seminars, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
Maryland, 1971.
Smoking and Lung Cancer, Conference on Carcinoma of the Lung,
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1972.
Ranking of Suspicion of Hazard of Environmental Contaminants,
Advisory Committee, Toxicology Information Program, National
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, 1972.
Ranking of Environmental Contaminants for Bioassay Priority,
Second International Symposium on Cancer Detection Prevention,
Bologna, Italy, 1973.
Search for Less Hazardous Cigarette, XI International Cancer
Congress, Florence, Italy, 1974.
Prevention of Smoking Related Disease -Seminar- Roswell Park
Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York, 1974.
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Smoking Cessation Clinics, National Cancer Institute of Brazil,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1975.
Tobacco Particulate Matter, Third World Conference on Smoking and
Health, New York, New York, 1975.
Ranking of Environmental Contaminants for Bioassay Priority,
Workshop on the Investigation of the Carcinogenic Burden by Air
Pollution in Man, Hannover, Germany, 1975.
A Program for Control of Smoking Related Diseases--Seminar and
Consulting--The Government of the Philippines, Manila, 1975.
Nutrition and Cancer, XI International Congress on Nutrition,
Kyoto, Japan, 1975.
Dietary Factors and Cancer of the Large Bowel Conference on
Nutrition in the Causation of Cancer, American Cancer Society and
the National Cancer Institute, Key Biscayne, Florida, 1975.
Less Hazardous Cigarettes, 3rd International Symposium on
Detection and Prevention of Cancer, New York, New York, 1976.
Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Program, Candlelighters Meeting,
Washington, DC, 1976.
Col loquium on Nutrition and Cancer, Oak Ridge National
Laboratories, 1976.
Nutrition and Cancer -Seminar- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center,
Seattle, Washington, 1976.
Diet, Nutrition and Cancer, Food Research Institute, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1976.
Nutrition as a Possible Cause of Cancer, Massachusetts Dietetic
Association, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1976.
Cancer and Diet, American Dietetic Association, Boston,
Massachusetts, 1976.
UICC Workshop on Lung Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, 1976.
Food and Nutrition Liaison Committee Meeting, Naples, Florida,
1976.
Nutrition and Cancer Symposium, Columbia University, New York,
New York, 1976.
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Nutrition and Cancer Therapy, American Cancer Society, New York,
1976.
Prevention of Smoking Related Diseases, Institute of Medicine,
National Academy of Sciences, 1977.
American Dietetic Association Legislative Workshop, Washington,
DC, 1977.
Diet, Nutrition and Cancer, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Upton, New York, 1977.
Nutrition and Cancer, Foundation Curie, Paris, France, 1977.
Nutrition and Cancer, 18th Annual Meeting of the American College
of Nutrition, Houston, Texas, 1977.
Nutritional Variables in Perinatal Carcinogenesis, 6th Perugia
Quadrennial International Conference on Cancer, Perugia, Italy,
1977.
Conference on Commonalities in Substance Abuse and Habitual
Behavior, Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, 1977.
Conference on Ultraviolet Carcinogens, Airlie House, Warrenton,
Virginia, 1977.
Reducing the Hazard and Addictive Properties of Cigarettes,
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Institute's Summer Conference, Seattle,
Washington,1977.
Nutrition and Cancer, International Conference on Cancer and
Environment, Montreal, Canada, 1977.
Symposium on Smoking and Health, University of Munich, West
Germany, 1977.
Symposium on Smoking and Health, UNAMSI, Milan, Italy, 1977.
Prevention Alternatives to Raising Disease Costs, American Health
Foundation, New York, 1977.
Consulting Party on Less Hazardous Cigarettes, Canadian
Government, Ottawa, January 1978.
Advisory Symposium in Nutrition, Kellogg Foundation, Battle
Creek, Michigan, April 1978.
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Conference on Health Economics, Hudson Institute, Washington, DC,
May 1978.
International Symposium on the Chemical Toxicology of Foods,
Milan, Italy, 1978.
Drug Dependence Conference, Baltimore, 1978.
ACS-NCI Conference on Nutrition and Cancer, Seattle, Washington,
August 1978.
Workshop on Carbon Monoxide Toxicology, Ministry of Health,
Berlin, West Germany, 1978.
Governor's Conference on Nutrition, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
November 1978.
Symposium on Environmental Determinants of Cancer, New York
University, New York, January 1979.
Smoking and Health Program Conference, Savannah, Georgia, 1979.
Smoking and Health Conference, Celle, West Germany, April 1979.
Nutrition and Cancer, Meeting of the American Society of Clinical
Oncology, New Orleans, May 1979.
Institute of Food Technologists Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri,
June 1979.
Fourth International Symposium on the Prevention and Detection of
Cancer, London, England, 1980.
Nutrient Intake and Carcinogenesis, Western Maryland Nutrition
Symposium for Health Care Professionals, Frostburg State College,
Maryland, November 1980.
Environment and Cancer, Maryland Cancer Program, Pathobiology and
Management of Neoplastic Diseases course, University of Maryland,
Baltimore, Maryland, November 1980.
James M. Perelman Visiting Professor in Oncology, Akron General
Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, November 1980.
Visiting Lecturer, Kellogg National Fellows, Pontiac, Michigan,
November 1980.
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