Alfredo Morabia

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Alfredo Morabia
History of epidemiology
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, epidemiology
Institutions
Doctoral advisorMoyses Szklo

Alfredo Morabia (born 2 November 1952) is a

epidemiologist, and historian of medicine. He is currently professor of epidemiology at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College, City University of New York[1] in addition to serving as professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.[2]

Morabia serves as the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Public Health.[3] Morabia has also been editor of "Epidemiology in History" in the American Journal of Epidemiology.[4] His expertise as a historian ranges from the history of scientific methods and concepts utilized to study population to urban health. He is the principal investigator of the World Trade Center-Heart cohort study,[5] which delves into the long-term heart health of first responders from the 9/11, 2001 attack. He lectures and teaches on the history of epidemiology internationally in various languages.[6][7][8]

Biography

Morabia completed his undergraduate studies at

University Hospital of Geneva and in occupational medicine in Italy.[1] In 2009, he was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
.

In 1986, Morabia received a grant from the

Ph.D. degrees in epidemiology[10] and an M.H.S. in biostatistics
.

In August 1990, he became chair of the Clinical Epidemiology Unit at the University Hospital of Geneva.[11] The unit grew into a division, and Morabia was subsequently appointed professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Geneva.[1] In 1992, he created the "Bus Santé 2000" (Health Bus 2000) which is still in operation 30 years later.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Alfredo Morabia, People, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, CUNY, retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Alfredo Morabia | Columbia Public Health". www.publichealth.columbia.edu. December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Alfredo Morabia Begins Role as A.J.P.H. Editor-in-Chief – School of Public Health". Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ Alfredo Morabia, "The New 'Snippets From the Past' and a New Section About 'Epidemiology in History'", American Journal of Epidemiology 177.6 (2013) 490–91.
  5. ^ [1]"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Diseases A Cohort Study of Men and Women Involved in Cleaning the Debris of the World Trade Center Complex" by Molly Remch, Zoey Laskaris, Janine Flory, Consuelo Mora-McLaughlin and Alfredo Morabia, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018; 11: e004572, originally published July 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Karen Feldscher, "Speaker says epidemiology got its start centuries ago", HSPH News, Harvard School of Public Health, 24 September 2012, retrieved 31 August 2013.
  7. ^ Alfredo Morabia, Curso 61F3, Historia de los Métodos Epidemiológicos y de Investigación Clínica, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, 2012, retrieved 31 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Epidemiologia: curso aborda histórico dos conceitos e métodos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 12 June 2012, retrieved 31 August 2013 (in Portuguese)
  9. ^ "Morabia CV4" (PDF). cuny.edu. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. ISBN 2-88049-220-3
  11. ^ Holland WW, Olsen J, Du V Florey C (editors). The Development of Modern Epidemiology. Personal reports from those who were there. Oxford University Press 2007, p.17
  12. ^ "BUS SANTE - UNE AVENTURE GENEVOISE". boutique.revmed.ch (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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