P. O. Box 13 Moscow, 109451 Russia     E-mail vlassov@cochrane.ru
Telephone +7 495 6549353;    Fax +7 495 4824312, in USA +1-215-2611492
Place of birth: Novosibirsk, Russia, 1953
Education and Scientific Degrees
1976     Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Faculty of Aerospace Medicine 
Qualification - Medicine, Aerospace Medicine.   With excellence
1979    Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg: Candidate of Medical Sciences in Human Physiology Based on Dissertation on 'Individual differences of resistance to decompression sickness and means for the improving of the resistance'
1992    Higher Attestation Commission of the Russian Federation, Moscow ‘Doctor of Medical Sciences’ in specialities: Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine. Based on Dissertation on Epidemiology of chronic diseases in air crew members of military aviation.
1993    State Committee on Higher Education of Russian Federation, Moscow, Professor
Academic Positions
1988 – 1995 Professor of Aerospace Medicine, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
1993 – 2001 Chair of Bioethics Committee, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
1995 – 2001 Member, Curriculum Committee, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
1997 – 2001 Chair, Ethical Review Committee, Saratov State Medical University, Saratov, Russia
2001 – 2006 Professor, Moscow Physics-Technical Institute (State University)
2003 – 2007 Leading Scientist, National Centre for Preventive Medicine, Moscow, Russia
2004 – 2014 Professor, First State Moscow Medical University (form. Moscow Medical Academy), Moscow, Russia
2009 – Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
2013 – Visiting Professor, Kazakh National Medical University named after Asphendiarov
2014 – Член Российского экспертного совета по отбору и продвижению журналов в международные информационные системы
2014 – Leading Scientist, Center for Health Policy, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Expert advice provided
2000, 2001     Short term expert for DFID evaluation missions
2002 –     2005    Long Term Expert, Primary Health Care Development Project, Tacis, Russia
2001 – 2004    Short term expert for WHO, USAID, Partners for Health projects in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kirgizia.
2003 – 2004    Member, Working group on “Program of development of system of standardization in health care for 2003-2007” Ministry of Health of Russian Federation
2003 -         Member, Oversight Committee, "Open health Institute"
2003 – 2004     Short term expert for ZdravPlus, USAID in Uzbek Republic, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakh Republic (evidence based medicine, guidelines development).
2004 – 2005     Short term expert for Canadian Society for International Health in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia (evidence based medicine, guidelines development).
2005        Short term expert for World Bank in Kyrgyz Republic (evidence based medicine, guidelines development).
2006        Short term expert for USAID program in Ukraine (evidence based medicine, guidelines development).
2006        Short term expert for USAID program in Central Asia (evidence based medicine, guidelines development)
2006 -        Member, Overseeing Committee, Open Health Institute, Moscow
2007        Short term expert for WHO European office in Kyrgyz Republic (evidence based medicine, guidelines development)
2008        Short term expert for USAID program in Baku (evidence based medicine, guidelines de-velopment)
2008        Short term expert for Azerbaijan Ministry of health, Center of Public Heath (guidelines development, public health, epidemiology and biostatistics)
2009        Short term expert for WHO European office in Ukraine (evidence based medicine)
2009        Short term expert for Kazakhstan, Ministry of health, Aktiubinsk medical academy (evidence based medicine)
2009        Short term expert for USAID program in Baku (evidence based medicine, guidelines de-velopment for primary health care)
2010        Short term expert for Kazakhstan, Ministry of health "Institute for health care development”, (evidence based guideline development, WB funded)
2010        Short term expert for Kyrgyzstan, Ministry of Health 
2010        Short term expert for Kyrgyzstan, GZT (Health Care Systems Development Program in Central Asia)
2010        UNAIDS expert, Review of international experience in prevention of HIV in intravenous drug users
2010        AFEW consultant for the project “Improving the access to prevention programs and medical care in HIV infected IDUs in Russian penitentiary facilities”
2010 – 2012    Short term expert for Kazakhstan, Ministry of health, Aktiubinsk medical academy (epi-demiology and biostatistics)
2010 – 2011    GTZ short term expert for Healthcare for Central Asia Programme
2011        Short term expert for WHO European office in Belorussia (evidence based medicine)
2011 – 2012    Short term expert for Azerbaijan Ministry of health, Center of Public Heath (guidelines development, public health, epidemiology and biostatistics) and Ministry of health of Armenian Republic
2013        Short term expert to Kazakh national HIV centre
2013          Member of the WHO/Euro Advisory Committee on Health Research (EACHR)
2013 -         Member and chairman, Grant subcommittee for the grants in health care and public health in the Russian Federation Government program of support of the leading scientists in higher educa-tion institutes
2014 –         Member, Scientific Advisory Group CLAHRC West Midland Themes
2014 –         Member, Steering Group Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPnet – Euro)
2014 –        Short term expert to Kazakh national centre for Professional Pathology
Chief Editor
2001 – 2007 International Journal of Medical Practice (Moscow)
2007 – 2010 Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology (Moscow)
Editorial Board Member
European Journal of Public Health, 
Dokazatel’naia Gastroenterologiia [Evidence Based Gastroenterology]
Farmaceuticheskaia Sluzhba (Russian [Pharmaceutical Service]),
Zamestitel Glavnogo Vracha (Russian [Clinic’s Medical Director])
Pravovie Voprosy v Zdravookhranenii (Russian [Legal Problems in Health Care])
Journal of Hospital Administration
Andrology and Genital Surgery (Moscow)
Medicine and Ecology (Karaganda)
Meditsinskie tehnologii: Ocenka I vybor (Health technology assessment)
Reviewer
BMJ, Journal of the Epidemiology and Community Health, Public Health Reviews, Kardiologiia, Lancet, PLOS One, Vaccine.
Member of the societies
Russian Society of Specialists in Evidence Based Medicine (President, 2011-), 
International Epidemiological Association, 
Society for Epidemiologic Research, 
Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), 
Russian Medical Association,
Member, the International Advisory Group, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)