Mark (Marius) J Nieuwenhuijsen is the Research Professor and Director of the Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative, and Director of the Air pollution and Urban Environment Programme at ISGlobal in Barcelona, Spain.

Education and career

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.[1]

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.[2] Since 2018, he has consistently been recognized as one of the top 1% of highly cited scientists worldwide by Clarivate.[3] 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.[4] In 2020 and 2021, he was the President of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.[5] He led 5 large EC funded consortia, including currently UBDPolicy. He leads the European Urban Burden of Disease project.[6]

Selected books

  • Exposure Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. 18 September 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-852861-6.[7][8]
  • Environmental Epidemiology: Study methods and application (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. 18 August 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-852792-3.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Nieuwenhuijsen: Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative". ISGlobal.
  2. ↑ "John Goldsmith Award". International Society for Environmental Epidemiology.
  3. ↑ "Seven PRBB researchers amongst the most cited international scientists". El·lipse. 22 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, PhD - Editorial Board - Environment International - Journal - Elsevier". www.journals.elsevier.com.
  5. ↑ "Messages from the Outgoing and Incoming ISEE Presidents". Iseepi.org.
  6. ↑ "The European Urban Burden of Disease Project". ISGlobal.
  7. ↑ Harrison, R. M. (1 May 2004). "Exposure assessment in occupational and environmental epidemiology". Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 61 (5): 476. ISSN 1351-0711.
  8. ↑ Muir, Kenneth; Blake, Holly (6 August 2004). "Exposure Assessment in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology. Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen (Editor). Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 0-19-852861-2. Price £36.50". The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. doi:10.1093/annhyg/meh053. ISSN 0003-4878.
  9. ↑ Morris, George (May 2009). "Book Review: Environmental Epidemiology: Study Methods and Application By Dean Baker and Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen. Published by Oxford University Press, 2008. Paperback 368pp. Price £34.95. ISBN 978-0-19-852792-3". Perspectives in Public Health. 129 (3): 143. doi:10.1177/17579139091290030802. ISSN 1757-9139. S2CID 72000117.
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