Pablo Perel is a cardiologist and epidemiologist, he is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (United Kingdom) where he is the Director of the Centre for Global Chronic Conditions. He is also the Senior Science Advisor of the World Heart Federation (Switzerland), Editor of the Global Heart Journal and Editorial Advisor of the Cochrane Heart Group. He has authored over 100 peer reviewed publications and several book chapters. His main interest is implementation research for cardiovascular diseases in limited and humanitarian settings.