Miquel Porta

Miquel Porta is the main editor of A Dictionary of Epidemiology, sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) and used across the world. He is a physician, epidemiologist, and scholar from Barcelona who works in clinical and molecular epidemiology, and has promoted the integration of biological, clinical, environmental, and social knowledge and methods in research and teaching worldwide. He has served as a visiting scientist at many global institutions, including the University of North Carolina (UNC), New York University (NYU), Harvard, and Imperial College London, and was Chairman of the IEA European Epidemiology Federation. He is currently Head, Clinical & Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Unit, Hospital del Mar Institute of Medical Research - IMIM; Professor of Preventive Medicine & Public Health, School of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC; and Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, NYU.