Alun Evans - Biography#

Alun Evans qualified in Medicine with Honours at The Queen’s University of Belfast in 1968. He subsequently trained as a physician, before developing an interest in Epidemiology. In the late 1970s he was involved in clinical trials and community studies of coronary heart disease. In 1982 he became the Principal Investigator of the WHO MONICA (MONItoring in CArdiovascular disease) Project in Belfast. He was elected to the Steering Committee of MONICA in 1990 and chaired it from 1994-7. He has been in receipt of numerous grants, has led two major EU funded projects, and has been a partner in 16 others. He has also taken part in an extensive research programme with France, through the ECTIM and PRIME Studies. He subsequently led a pooling project of cardiovascular cohorts in 12 European countries. He has published several hundred papers, and was the second author of the 3rd Edition of the WHO Monograph: Cardiovascular Survey Methods, in 2004. He was awarded a Personal Chair in Epidemiology in 1989. Since 2009 he has been ‘Professor Emeritus’ and a Senior Research Professor in the Centre for Public Health of the Belfast Medical School. His present main focus is on Medical History with an emphasis on Social and Public Health. Lately he has become increasingly concerned about environmental noise pollution as a major cause of cardiovascular disease.