University Medical Center of Mainz, Mainz (Germany)
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Thomas Münzel MD, is Chief of the Department of Cardiology at the University
Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. He is an interventionist and
also a vascular biologist and got his post doc training as a vascular biologist at the Institute of
Applied Physiology, Professor Eberhard Bassenge, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg and in
the Laboratories of David G Harrison, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA with focus on endothelial
function and oxidative stress. He is co-initiator of the Gutenberg Health Study, one of
the largest prospective cohort trials worldwide and was the founding director of the Center
for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, CTH in Mainz. Since 2011, his research group is focusing on
environmental risk factors for cardiovascular disease with a focus on aircraft noise and air
pollution.