STRANGES Saverio
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Canada
- Saverio Stranges is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, at Western University, in London, Ontario, Canada. He also holds a cross-appointment as Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Medicine. At Western University, Dr. Stranges is Director of the Africa Institute as well.
- He is a medical doctor, public health specialist and chronic disease epidemiologist, with extensive experience in the field of epidemiology and public health research. His research focuses on Global Health as well as the epidemiology and prevention of chronic disease and aging, specifically regarding the role of lifestyles, nutritional and psychosocial factors, such as dietary patterns, sleep behaviors and social determinants of health.
- Dr. Stranges completed his medical education in 1996, and specialty training in Preventive/Public Health Medicine in 2000 in his native country of Italy at the University of Naples Federico II. He then enrolled in a PhD Program in Epidemiology and Environmental Health and had the opportunity to complete the requirements for his degree in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (formerly Department of Social & Preventive Medicine) at the State University of New York at Buffalo in the US (2004).
- In Buffalo, Dr Stranges also started his academic career as an Assistant Professor. From 2006 to 2015, he was a Senior Lecturer and then an Associate Clinical Professor (with tenure) of Cardiovascular Epidemiology in the Division of Health Sciences at the University of Warwick Medical School in the United Kingdom.
- In Warwick, Dr. Stranges was also Director of the Academic Clinical Training in Public Health, as well as Honorary Consultant Physician at the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, where he worked in the Lipid and Coronary Prevention outpatient clinics within the Warwickshire Institute for the Study of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Prior to his appointment at Western University in Canada, Dr. Stranges worked as Scientific Director of the Department of Population Health at the Luxembourg Institute of Health, in Luxembourg, where he still holds a formal role as Scientific Advisor.
- Dr. Stranges is Vice-President of the Chronic Disease Section of the European Association of Public Health, as well as an Associate Editor for several journals in the area of Public Health.
Recent publications:
- Singh SS, et al. Influence of the Social Environment on Ideal Cardiovascular Health. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 21;12(4):e026790.
- Collings PJ, et al. Device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in a national sample of Luxembourg residents: the ORISCAV-LUX 2 study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022 Dec 29;19(1):161.
- Backes A, et al. Associations Between Wearable-Specific Indicators of Physical Activity Behaviour and Insulin Sensitivity and Glycated Haemoglobin in the General Population: Results from the ORISCAV-LUX 2 Study. Sports Med Open. 2022 Dec 12;8(1):146.
- Rodrigues R, et al. Sleep Problems and Psychological Well-Being: Baseline Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Can J Aging. 2022 Nov 21:1-11.
- Stranges S, Luginaah I. Nutrition and health: Time for a paradigm shift for climate change. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2022 Dec;32(12):2782-2785.