Title: Carles Munanter, MD, PhD: Governing Council

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Section/SPIG: Epidemiology

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Carles Muntaner is a social epidemiologist with a specialization in work organization, social inequalities and mental disorders, having published extensively on these issues. He brings an interdisciplinary background to the Governing Council including medicine, psychology, epidemiology, sociology, and nursing. In addition, he has expertise in basic and applied research via his collaborations with European Union researchers and international labor organizations. He has conducted research in disadvantaged communities in the United States, the European Union, Latin America and Western Africa. Muntaner has conducted pioneering work in the areas of health disparities and social inequalities in health. He provides an international perspective and expertise in social epidemiology and occupational health, areas that are key to APHA. He has been the recipient of several awards including the 2004 Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship Award of the Epidemiology Section of APHA.