11 Facts About Mario Raviglione

Mario C B Raviglione has been professor at the University of Milan, Italy [1][2] since March 2018.

Mario Raviglione directs the activities focused on global health and aiming at pursuing didactic and research in this field as part of the new Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science Centre [3].

Mario Raviglione graduated in medicine from the University of Turin in 1980 and then trained in internal medicine and Infectious Diseases at Cabrini Medical Center in New York City and at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston where he was a Harvard University Clinical Fellow in Medicine and specialised in AIDS.

Back in Europe, Mario Raviglione joined WHO in 1991 as a Junior Professional Officer, and spent a few years working on TB and AIDS, TB epidemiology in Europe, and anti-TB drug resistance surveillance and response.

Mario Raviglione is editor of the 3rd and 4th edition of "Tuberculosis - A comprehensive international approach", a multi-author book, and associate editor of other books on public health, infectious diseases and tuberculosis.

Mario Raviglione is among the top 10 most cited authors in the TB field.

Mario Raviglione's h-index is 117 and 94 and his work has been cited over 63000 times [11] [12].

Mario Raviglione is among the top 25 Italian epidemiological scientists and the top 100 Italian scientists in general [13].

Mario Raviglione has been visiting professor at the University of Brescia[14] and has recently lectured at major universities including Harvard, McGill and Sydney.

Mario Raviglione participates in a variety of board of directors, scientific and advisory committees, including those of the TB Alliance, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, BE Health Association, International Health Commission of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart - Cabrini Ministries [15], Fondazione 3Bi[16].

In 2005, Mario Raviglione received the Princess Chichibu TB Global Award for his achievements in TB control.