Josep Anto

Centre de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambiental (CREAL), Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain

Josep M. Antó Boqué received his Degree in Medicine in 1975 and his PhD in 1990 (Epidemiological Investigations of Asthma Epidemics; Extraordinary Award). Since 1986 ha has been working at the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM) and has been the Chair of the Respiratory and Environmental Health Research Unit. He is currently the Director of Creal. In 1994 he was Principal Visiting Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute (London, UK). Since 1998 he is Professor of Medicine at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). He has been a member of the advisory and editorial boards in several journals including the American Journal of Epidemiology, Thorax, European Journal of Public Health (current) and European Respiratory Journal. Among other awards he has received the Cournant Lecture (European Respiratory Society, 1994), the Medal Narcis Monturiol (Generalitat de Catalunya, 1995) and the Manuel Tapia Conference (Spanish Association of Respiratory Pathology, 1999).

His research is focused on the epidemiology of asthma and COPD with special interest on the environmental determinants and prevention of these diseases.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Public Health & Epidemiology > Epidemiology (since 14 November 2005)

Links

http://www.creal.cat/content_eng/org_directori_pagpersonals_jmanto_eng

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using spirometry: summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
  Recommended by Josep Anto
  
• 3.0
  Respiratory effects of exposure to diesel traffic in persons with asthma.
  Recommended by Josep Anto
  
• 6.0
  Asthma genetics: from linear to multifactorial approaches.
  Recommended by Josep Anto
  
• 3.0
  Respiratory illnesses in early life and asthma and atopy in childhood.
  Recommended by Josep Anto
  
• 6.4
  Perennial allergen sensitisation early in life and chronic asthma in children: a birth cohort study.
  Recommended by Josep Anto, Marzena Krawiec
  
• 3.0
  Does early indoor microbial exposure reduce the risk of asthma? The Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy birth cohort study.
  Recommended by Josep Anto