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Dr. Barbara Polla
Dr. Barbara Polla pursued her medical studies in Geneva, Switzerland. After obtaining her MD with a specialization in internal medicine, pneumology, and immuno-allergy, she moved to Boston, MA, to gain research experience at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Upon her return to Geneva, she became, in 1989, the Head of the Allergy Unit of the University Hospital of Canton Geneva. In addition, between 1994 and 2000, Dr. Polla headed the Respiratory Physiology Research Laboratory at Faculty Cochin, University Paris V, in France. Her research soon positioned her as an expert on heat-shock/stress proteins and the oxidants/antioxidants balance. She was an invited Professor at the University of Modena, Italy, and consulted for many years for the Japanese Ministry of Education and research.
She became involved in Geneva politics in 1991, and served as national counselor (Swiss House of Representatives) from 1999 to 2003.
The same year, in 1991, she created, together with her husband Luigi, the gallery Analix Forever, which specializes in the discovery and promotion of young talents in plastic and video art.
In 1997, Dr. Polla and her husband opened Europe's first fully-integrated medical spa, Forever Laser Institut, dedicated to beauty, health, and well-being, and in 2003, together with her daughter Ada Polla (Barbara is mother of four), she created the Alchimie Forever skin care line, which is currently distributed in Switzerland, the USA, Canada and France.
Dr. Polla is the co-author of more than 100 scientific articles. She is also a writer in the national and international press and the author of novels and assays, including La nécessité libérale and Etreinte (2003), Vocation créateurs (2004), Les Hommes, ce qui les rend beaux (2005) and Handicap entre différence et ressemblance (2007).
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