Lamia Tallaa
Scientist
Evidence Synthesis and Classification
Speciality: Toxicology and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
Year | Degree | Major | Institution | Country/Town |
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2001 | PhD | Toxicology and mechanisms of carcinogenesis | Université Claude Bernard Lyon I | France / Lyon |
1997 | MSc | Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition | Université Claude Bernard Lyon I | France / Lyon |
1996 | BSc | Physiology, Endocrinology | Université Claude Bernard Lyon I | France / Lyon |
1991 | MSc | Endocrinology | Houari Boumediene University | Algeria / Algiers |
Current Research Projects
IARC Monograph Volume 105 “Carcinogenicity of diesel and gasoline engine exhausts and some nitroarenes”
(IARC Responsible Officer)
IARC Monograph Volume 100C” Metals, Arsenic, Dusts and Fibres”
(IARC Co-Responsible Officer)
Vol. 100 Workshops: Tumour concordance and mechanisms of carcinogenesis
IARC (Secretariat)
Selected Publications
Guha N, Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L. (2011) The IARC Monographs on the Carcinogenicity of Crystalline Silica. A review Med Lav (102) : 310-320
Cogliano V, Baan R, Straif K, Grosse Y, Lauby-Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Guha N, Freeman C, Galichet L, Wild C. (2011) Preventable Exposures Associated With Human Cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst (103) : 1–13
Tokare E, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Waalkes MP. (2011) Metal ions in human cancer development In: Siegel A, Siegel H, Siegel RKO, Eds, Metal ions in life sciences, RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK : 375-401
Tokare EJ, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Ward JM, Lunn R, Sams RL, Waalkes MP. (2010) Cancer in experimental animals exposed to arsenic and arsenic compounds. A review Crit Rev Toxicol (40) : 912-927
Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Baan R, Grosse Y, Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, Guha N, Freeman C, Galichet L, Cogliano V (2009) A review of human carcinogens--part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres Lancet Oncol (10) : 453-454
Scientific Societies Membership
Society of Toxicology (SOT) (2002-Present)
Prizes, Honours
Mechanisms Specialty Section MERCK Award for Meritorious Research (SOT 46th Annual Meeting)
Metal Specialty Section Award for Research Excellence in Metal Carcinogenesis (SOT 45th Annual Meeting)
Carcinogenesis Specialty Section Award for Research Excellence in Carcinogenesis (SOT 44th Annual Meeting)
INSERM graduate program, A.R.C. (Association pour la Recherche Contre le Cancer) fellowship