Miguel Ángel Martínez-González

Miguel Ángel Martínez-González (born in 1957 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish medical doctor, epidemiologist, professor, and nutrition researcher[1][2] He has been often a visiting scholar at Harvard T.H.

Martínez-González was the Founder and Chair (until September 2022) of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at University of Navarra at the Medical School.

[3] Martínez-González has been also the Founder and 'Principal Investigator' (until June 2022) of the SUN cohort study,[4][5] and he was (2006-2013) the Coordinator of the several centers included in the PREDIMED Network[6] (a large clinical trial assessing the effects of a Mediterranean diet on the primary prevention of Cardiovascular disease.

His self-help book in Spanish “Salud a ciencia cierta” (Planeta, 2018) provides useful tools to improve healthy habits and food choices.

[11] In September 2016 he was appointed Adjunct Professor[12] at the Department of Nutrition of Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.