Istituto Superiore di Sanità
The National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), also ISS, is an Italian public institution that, as the leading technical-scientific body of the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), performs research, trials, control, counseling, documentation and training for public health. The Institute is under the supervision of the Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute).
Also recorded as Национальный институт здравоохранения · МКС · Национальные институты здравоохранения США · Итальянский национальный институт здравоохранения
Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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- Name
- National Institute of Health
- Founded
- 1934.
- Headquarters
- Rome.
- Part of
- National Health Service.
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The National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), also ISS, is an Italian public institution that, as the leading technical-scientific body of the Italian National Health Service (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), performs research, trials, control, counseling, documentation and training for public health. The Institute is under the supervision of the Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute).
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — National Institute of Health • Native Name — Istituto Superiore di Sanità • Formed — April 21, 1934 • Headquarters — Rome, Italy • Employees — 1,808 • Chief1 Name — Silvio Brusaferro • Chief1 Position — Straordinary commissioner of ISS • Chief2 Name — Angelo Del Favero • Chief2 Position — Director General of ISS • Parent Agency — Ministero della Salute
History
History
• Illustration — Headquarters of ISS in Rome The official opening of the ISS, called Institute of Public Health (Istituto di Sanità Pubblica), took place on April 21, 1934. The construction of the main building in Rome, designed by architect Giuseppe Amendola, started on July 6, 1931 and it was financed by the American Rockefeller Foundation. In 1941 the Institute of Public Health (Istituto di Sanità Pubblica) assumed its present name of the National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità). In 1958 the ISS came under the protection of the Ministry of Health, from the Ministry of Interior.
ISS Directors (then Presidents)
ISS Directors (then Presidents)
• Gaetano Basile (1934–35) • Dante De Blasi (1935) • Domenico Marotta (1935–61) • Giordano Giacomello (1961–64) • Giovan Battista Marini Bettolo Marconi (1964–72) • Francesco Pocchiari (1972–89) • Vincenzo Longo (1989) • Francesco Antonio Manzoli (1989–93) • Giuseppe Vicari (1993–95) • Aurelia Sargentini (1995–96) • Giuseppe Benagiano (1996–2001) • Enrico Garaci (2001–13) • Fabrizio Oleari (2013–14) • Gualtiero Ricciardi (2015–18); Commissioner (2014–15) • Silvio Brusaferro (2019–2023); Commissioner (first seven months of 2019) • Rocco Bellantone (2024-present); Commissioner (2023-2024)
Departments
Departments
• Environment and Primary Prevention • Cell Biology and Neurosciences • Haematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine • Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation • Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases • Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety • Technology and Health
National centres
National centres
• National AIDS Centre • National Centre for Chemical Substances • National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion • Centre for Immunobiologicals Research and Evaluation • National Centre for Rare Diseases • Evaluation and Accreditation Body • National Blood Centre • National Transplant Centre
Technical services
Technical services
• Service for Biotechnology and Animal Welfare • Data Management, Documentation, Library and Publishing Activities
Institutional history
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1934
Istituto Superiore di Sanità established.
Primary material
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1016410-8, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rom).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3803682: Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Nobel Prize Winners
• Daniel Bovet • Ernst Boris Chain • Enrico Fermi • Rita Levi Montalcini
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1016410-8, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rom).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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