The Joint Training Programme of the MRC Centre in Environment and Health and NIHR HPRUs in Environmental Exposures and Health and in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards is honoured to present the fourth International Distinguished Lecture from Prof Mark Nieuwenhuijsen with title “Estimating the urban burden of disease” on Thursday 14 November 2024.
Nieuwenhuijsen completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental Science at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, located in Wageningen, The Netherlands, from 1983 to 1989. He subsequently pursued a doctoral degree at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, University of London, United Kingdom, from 1989 to 1993. His academic journey included a postdoctoral stint at the University of California, Davis, from 1994 to 1996, followed by a faculty position at Imperial College London, where he served from 1996 to 2006. Since 2007, he has held the position of research professor at ISGlobal, formerly known as the Centre for Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), based in Barcelona, Spain.
Nieuwenhuijsen has edited eight books related to environmental exposure assessment and epidemiology, urban and transport planning, and health. He has co-authored 39 book chapters and has collaborated on more than 500 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He was awarded the ISEE’s John Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Epidemiology in 2018. Since 2018, he has consistently been recognized as one of the top 1% of highly cited scientists worldwide by Clarivate. In 2021, he was ranked as the leading scientists in the field of urban health. He also leads the bi-annual Urban Transitions conference and holds the position of Editor in Chief at Environment International. In 2020 and 2021, he was the President of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. He led 5 large EC funded consortia, including currently UBDPolicy. He leads the European Urban Burden of Disease project.