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Lorenzo Savioli

Lorenzo Savioli is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lorenzo Savioli rather than just read about it. In short: Lorenzo Savioli is a researcher who served as the director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 2005 until his retirement in 2014. An Italian national, he holds a medical doctor degree (1977), and two specializations (in tropical medicine, 1979 and in infectious diseases, 1985) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza".

Key takeaways

Lorenzo Savioli belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lorenzo Savioli to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lorenzo Savioli from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Lorenzo Savioli is a researcher who served as the director of the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 2005 until his retirement in 2014. An Italian national, he holds a medical doctor degree (1977), and two specializations (in tropical medicine, 1979 and in infectious diseases, 1985) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He further pursued his studies in the United Kingdom where he obtained a Master's degree in medical parasitology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians. In 1979 he moved to Zanzibar, Tanzania where he worked as a clinician and later as the public health officer responsible for controlling schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis on Pemba island. In 1991 he joined the United Nations and was assigned to the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva, where he led the "Programme on Intestinal Parasitic Infections", the "Schistosomiasis and Intestinal Parasites Unit" and the "Parasitic Diseases and Vector Control Unit". In 2005 he was appointed director of the newly constituted "Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases". The recipient of several awards and distinctions, Savioli is a senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is a Fellow of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lorenzo Savioli

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lorenzo Savioli claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lorenzo Savioli before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lorenzo Savioli ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lorenzo Savioli

In research: Lorenzo Savioli appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lorenzo Savioli in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lorenzo Savioli is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alumni of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Italian expatriates in Tanzania, Italian officials of the United Nations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lorenzo Savioli outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lorenzo Savioli in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lorenzo Savioli means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Lorenzo Savioli in simple terms?

Why does Lorenzo Savioli matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lorenzo Savioli?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lorenzo Savioli.