Brussels – Maria Elena Flacco, a doctor specializing in Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Chieti and Pescara, received the “Ferenc Bojan Young Investigator Award”, a prestigious award for the best European researcher of the year in public health. The award was presented by an international committee of experts, who studied more than 500 proposals, for Flacco’s work done under the project “Electronic cigarettes efficacy and safety at 12 months: cohort study.” The study is coordinated by Prof. Lamberto Manzoli, and is carried out with the collaboration of the Universities of Catania, Turin, Parthenope of Naples, the Catholic University of Rome, and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. (9Colonne)