Dr. Moyses Szklo | |
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Dr.Szklo sitting at his desk at JHU | |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Employer | Johns Hopkins University |
Notable work | American Journal of Epidemiology |
Dr. Moyses Szklo is a Brazilian epidemiologist and physician scientist. He is currently University Distinguished Service Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, Editor-in-chief Emeritus of the American Journal of Epidemiology , and director of the Johns Hopkins Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Szklo has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as a major textbook of epidemiology. He has led several major epidemiologic societies and studies and has been lecturing and leading courses all over the world, including Spain, Italy, Israel, Brazil, and Mexico.
Moyses Szklo is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Szklo received his medical degree from the Medical Sciences School at Rio de Janeiro State University in 1963. [1] He then went to pursue an education at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, where he studied the natural history and etiology of cardiovascular diseases. He received his master of public health from the school in 1972 and his doctor of public health in 1974.
Szklo has been a member of the Johns Hopkins University faculty since 1975. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He is the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Epidemiology. He is also a co-author of a textbook, Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics, which is now on its fourth edition. [2] He is the director of the Johns Hopkins Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Szklo was the former principal investigator on two cohort studies of sub-clinical and clinical cardiovascular diseases, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). He is currently the principal investigator of the Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents, a study in Brazil. [3] He was awarded the title, "Commander of the Brazilian Government" by the Brazilian President. [4]
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