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J. Jaime Miranda

The University of Sydney, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Research areas: Medicine · Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

ORCID iD 0000-0002-4738-5468
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Professor Jaime Miranda is Professor and Head of School at the Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Prior to this, he was a Professor at the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and founding Director of the CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, both at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru.

Professor Miranda trained in medicine at UPCH and earned a PhD in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). He holds appointments as Professor of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Lown Scholar at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, and Distinguished Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia.

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  • Implementation of the COmmunity HEalth System InnovatiON Project, COHESION - I National Institute for Health and Care Research
    2022 - 2026
  • Does household food biodiversity protect adults against malnutrition and favour the resilience of Shawi Indigenous households to climate change related events? Wellcome Trust
    2020 - 2023
  • GCRF_NF228 The COVID Observatories: Monitoring the interaction of pandemics, climate risks, & food systems among the most disadvantaged communities Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
    2020 - 2022
  • Application of novel biomarkers to measure health impacts of anthropogenic change in the Amazon Fogarty International Center
    2020 - 2024
  • Addressing the double burden of malnutrition in Peru: using a community-based system dynamics approach to improve food systems Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2020 - 2023
  • Using Burden of Treatment as a Clinical Indicator of Barriers to Multimorbidity Management in Peru: A Mixed Methods Approach Fogarty International Center
    2020 - 2022
  • Risk-based Prevention of Heart Disease and Stroke in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohorts and Population-Based Surveys Wellcome Trust
    2019 - 2022
  • What makes cities healthy, equitable, and environmentally sustainable? Lessons from Latin America Wellcome Trust
    2017 - 2022
  • Planning to Establish a Regional Center of NCD Research Training in Peru Fogarty International Center
    2017 - 2018
  • Building sustainable and innovative research in Cancer and Cardiovascular disease: Planning the design and development of the South American Center of Research Excellence to Counter NCDs (SACREN) National Cancer Institute
    2017 - 2019
  • Implementation of COPD Case Finding and Self-Management Action Plans in Low and Middle Income Countries Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2020
  • Towards an Integrated Global Transport and Health Assessment Tool (TIGTHAT) Medical Research Council
    2017 - 2019
  • Household Air Pollution and Health: A Multi-Country LPG Intervention Trial National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    2016 - 2021
  • Addressing the double burden of disease: improving health systems for Noncommunicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases Swiss National Science Foundation
    2016 - 2022
  • REDEEM trial: The effect of individual and mixed REwards in DiabEtEs Management, a randomised controlled trial Medical Research Council
    2015 - 2016
  • Implementation of foot thermometry and SMS to prevent diabetic foot ulcer Fogarty International Center
    2014 - 2016
  • Tackling the elephant in the room: integration of mental health into quotidian routine practices of primary healthcare services Grand Challenges Canada
    2013 - 2015
  • Latin America Treatment &Innovation Network in Mental Health (LATIN-MH) National Institute of Mental Health
    2013 - 2018
  • Launching a salt substitute to reduce blood pressure at the population level-Peru National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    2012 - 2017
  • CRONICAS Public Health & Communication Training Programme for multiplicadores jóvenes Wellcome Trust
    2011 - 2012
  • CRONICAS Public Health & Communication Training Programme for multiplicadores jóvenes Wellcome Trust
    2011 - 2012
  • Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non-Communicable Chron National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    2009 - 2014
  • The effect on cardiovascular risk factors of migration from rural to urban areas in Lima, Peru. Wellcome Trust
    2005 - 2008

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