Fitxa persona

Maria Grau Pérez has a degree in Mathematical Sciences (2010) with a Master in Biostatistics (2014), both from the University of Valencia. After a few years working as a Statistics Specialist first at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, 2014-2016) and then at Columbia University (New York, 2016-2018), she returned to Spain to complete her doctorate in Epidemiology and Public Health for the Autonomous University of Madrid (2022).

She currently works at the Health Research Institute of the Clinical Hospital of Valencia (INCLIVA) and combines it with her position as a substitute professor in the Department of Statistics and Operational Research of the University of Valencia.

Her research focuses on evaluating the health effects of long-term environmental exposures (metals, tobacco or eating habits, among others), with special interest in the integration of genetics and the development of causal inference methods. For the last 10 years she has been working on research projects related to the environment in cohort studies that have led to more than 40 scientific articles published in high impact journals.