Cesar Victora

Cesar G. Victora is Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil, where he works since 1977. He has had honorary appointments at Harvard, Oxford and Johns Hopkins Universities. He conducted extensive research in maternal and child health and nutrition, birth cohort studies, inequalities in health, and on the evaluation of the impact of major global health programs in a large number of countries.   He was President of the International Epidemiological Association (2011-14) and won the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award in 2017 and the Richard Doll Prize in 2021. He is regularly included in the Clarivate/Web of Science in the list of the world’s highly cited scientists.