Prof. Nino Künzli, MD, PhD

Prof. emer. Nino Künzli was Full Professor at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles) and ICREA Professor at ISGlobal (former CREAL) in Barcelona prior to get appointed as Professor of Public Health of the Medical Faculty at the University of Basel (2009). As Deputy Director (2010-2020) he contributed to shaping the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) where environmental health is one of its research pillars. With an MD (University ofBasel) and a PhD in environmental epidemiology (University of California Berkeley) his research focus is since more than 30 years air pollution and health including the assessment of the related public health burden. He served on National and International advisory boards – including the U.S. EPA and WHO- in the domain of air pollution and health. He is President of the Swiss Federal Commission of Air Hygiene (2012-2023). He served in the WHO Air Quality Guideline Development Group for the 2021 updates of these guidelines. Künzli is also co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Public Health, and since 2015, the Dean of the Swiss School of Public Health. He is a member of the SSPH+ Lugano Summer School steering committee.