[4] His expertise as a historian ranges from the history of scientific methods and concepts utilized to study population to urban health.

He is the principal investigator of the World Trade Center-Heart cohort study,[5] which delves into the long-term heart health of first responders from the 9/11, 2001 attack.

[6][7][8] Morabia completed his undergraduate studies at Collège Calvin in Geneva in 1971, majoring in Greek and Latin.

In 1986, Morabia received a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation to study at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, where he obtained M.P.H.

[11] The unit grew into a division, and Morabia was subsequently appointed professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Geneva.