Vitaly SMELOV
University degree
1993: MD (Doctor of Medicine), Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
Doctoral degrees
2017: PhD, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Doctoral thesis: “Urogenital and anal Chlamydia trachomatis and human papillomavirus infections: epidemiological, diagnostic and public health aspects”
2008: CSc, Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Doctoral thesis: “The choose of antibacterial treatment in men with chronic prostatitis infected with Chlamydia trachomatis”
Employments
2020-now Medical Officer
NCD Management, Division of Country Health Programmes WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018-2020 Scientist
Prevention and Implementation Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France 2016-2020 Visiting Researcher
Department of Lab Medicine Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2016-2019 Visiting Scientist
Prevention and Implementation Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France 2015-2016 Visiting Scientist
Screening Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France 2016-2018 Scientist
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, St. Petersburg, Russia 2013-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow (Awarded by IARC/WHO)
Infections and Cancer Biology Group and Screening Group
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France 2011-2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Awarded by the Swedish Cancer Society)
Department of Lab Medicine Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2009-2018 Lecturer/Docent
Department of Urology and Andrology
North-Western State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia 2009-2018 Andrologist
Family Planning and Human Reproduction Center, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006-2011 Office urologist
Outpatient Clinic, St. Petersburg State University and Urology units of two STI clinics, St. Petersburg, Russia
2004-2010 Researcher
Medical Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
2002-2004 Research Fellow (Awarded by the European Association of Urology) Lab of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology
Nijmegen University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 2002-2003 Research Fellow
Minimal Invasive Unit, Department of Urology,
Nijmegen University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1997-2002 Urologist
Department of Urology,
City Tuberculosis Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia
1994-2006 Office urologist
City Sport Medical Center St. Petersburg, Russia