Organizing Committee Member
Anna Tompa
Deputy Director
Semmelweis University | Institute of Public Health
Hungary
Biography
Professor Anna Tompa, MD is Director of the Department of Public Health at Semmelweis Unversity Medical Faculty since 2004. She received her Ph.D. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary in 1981 and completed her residency in Pathology at Semmelweis University Medical School, also in Budapest, in 1996. Dr. Tompa was the main contributor to the Hungarian Chemical Safety Program, establishing the National Chemical Safety Department in 1998. She was named Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (D.Sc.) in 1999 for her work on the theoretical basis and practical use of human genotoxicological monitors in Hungary. Her primary research interests have focused on cancer prevention, using biomarkers to detect early signs of disease.
Research Area
occupational & environmental exposure assessment for studies of human health risks, intervention research to prevent illness and injury and promote healthy environments in healthcare, methods to integrate occupational & environmental health and safety into production and consumption of goods and services.