Center for
Global Health

International Scholar

Languages: English, Italian, and Spanish

BIO STATEMENT

Dr Maurizio Trevisan is a Professor at Universita Campus Biomedico. He is a cardiovascular disease epidemiologist interested in ways to prevent CVD through changes in life style habits. He has been engaged in a number of international epidemiological collaborative studies. In his current position in Vietnam, he is focused on Chronic Disease prevention in a country in transition with a significant shift in the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. As a researcher, he has authored more than 250 publications, which have appeared in such high-impact journals as the "Journal of the American Medical Association," "Annals of Internal Medicine" and "The New England Journal of Medicine."  He has extensive experience directing and conducting multi-center and international collaborative studies, as well.

Recent Global Health Projects

Establish a new medical school in Vietnam, and analyze COVID experience in Vietnam. More information on the Vingroup-Penn Alliance can be found here. 

He is also engaged in global health projects relating to emerging risk factors and cardiovascular disease.

Selected Publications

Maurizio Trevisan, Linh Cu Le, Anh Vu Le, “The COVID-19 Pandemic: A View From Vietnam”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 8 (August 1, 2020): pp. 1152-1153.https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305751 PMID: 32463704

Maurizio Trevisan, Kenneth Rochel de Camargo, “Post–COVID-19 Reflections Around the World: A New AJPH Forum”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 12 (December 1, 2020): pp. 1792-1793.https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305931 PMID: 33180585

Wood AM, et al. Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. Lancet. 391(10129):1513-1523, 2018

Last Updated: 27 November 2023