بروفيسور هاري فينيو

Biosketch of Prof Harri Vainio

Professor Harri Vainio, M.D., Ph.D., is a researcher in public health, in particular occupational health and safety, specializing in risk assessment and management. His expertise covers aspects of environmental and occupational toxicology, risk assessment, and biomarker epidemiology. He currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Public Health and as Professor in Environmental and Occupational Health in Kuwait University. Prior to joining Kuwait University, Dr. Vainio was the Director General of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland for the years 2003-2015. From 1983 until 2003, Dr Vainio served the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in different positions: the IARC Monographs and the Handbooks on Cancer Prevention – programs. Dr. Vainio is the author of over 600 research reports and book chapters covering Toxicology, Molecular epidemiology, risk assessment, preventive oncology, and preventive medicine.