Silvia Minozzi, MD, MS - Medical Marijuana

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Silvia Minozzi, MD, MS Biography

Title:: Professor of Epidemiology at Local Health Unit Roma E (Italy)
Position:: None Found to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
Reasoning:: None found as of Oct. 25, 2011
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:: Key Experts
Physicians [Physicians are the "key experts" in the medical marijuana debate because the issue is thought by many to be ultimately based on the medical value and risks of marijuana, and Physicians, with their training and clinical work, should (at least in theory) have the best knowledge of marijuana's medical value and risks.] [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.]
Involvement and Affiliations:: Professor, Epidemiology, Local Health Unit Roma E (Italy)
Consultant for clinical guidelines in oncology, Center of Oncological
Prevention in Turin (Italy), 2004-present

Assistant Editor and Quality Advisor, Drugs and Alcohol Cochrane Review Group, 2004-present
Interventional Research Collaborator, Epidemiology, Lazio Region (Italy), 2002-present
Consultant for systematic reviews on emerging technologies, Regional Health Agency of Emilia Romagna (Italy), 2006-2010
Instructor, Methodology of Systematic Reviews, University of Milan (Italy), 2001-2004
Consultant, Centre for the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Health Care, 2000-2003
Assistant Medical Doctor, Epidemiology Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy), 1991-1994
Education:: MS, Epidemiology, Italian Association of Epidemiology, 1997
MD, school unknown, 1983
Other:: Dr. Minozzi is a private consultant for preventive interventions, therapeutic interventions, and clinical practice guidelines with the epidemiology departments of many hospitals in Italy.
Dr. Minozzi teaches evidence-based medicine courses in Italian hospitals.