Istituto Superiore di Sanità


The Istituto Superiore di Sanità, also ISS, is an Italian public institution that, as the leading technical-scientific body of the Italian National Health Service, performs research, trials, control, counseling, documentation and training for public health. The Institute is under the supervision of the Ministero della Salute.

History

The official opening of the ISS, called 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 Istituto di Sanità Pubblica assumed its present name of 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)

Departments