Alfredo Morabia

Alfredo Morabia (born 2 November 1952) is a Swiss-American physician, 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 in addition to serving as professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Alfredo Morabia
Born (1952-11-02) 2 November 1952
NationalitySwiss and American
Alma mater
Known forHistory of epidemiology
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, epidemiology
Institutions
  • Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment, Queens College, City University of New York
  • Columbia University
  • University of Geneva
Doctoral advisorMoyses Szklo

Morabia serves as the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Public Health. Morabia has also been editor of "Epidemiology in History" in the American Journal of Epidemiology. 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, 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.

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