Dr. Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Section of Otorhinolaryngology, at the University of Trieste. Italy. He graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery and subsequently specialized in Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Padova, Italy. Until 2020, he served as an Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at the University of Padova. His research interests encompass the epidemiology of human papillomavirus infection, head and neck neoplasms, oncogenic DNA viruses, HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer, and oral human papillomavirus infection. More recently, he has focused his research on the study of olfactory disorders.