André Amaral

André Amaral is an epidemiologist. He is associate professor of Respiratory Epidemiology and Global Health at Imperial College London and Chair of the Epidemiology Group of the European Respiratory Society. His research focuses on the causes of poor lung function, small lung syndrome , and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), where he has been improving the understanding of the risks posed to the lungs by environmental, occupational and lifestyle factors. He has been investigating whether these risks vary across different ethnicities and world regions, as well as whether changes in sex hormone levels have an impact on lung function.

During his time at the Spanish National Cancer Centre (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas), he studied the role of selenium in the prevention of cancer.