Zorana Jovanovic
ANDERSEN

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen is a Professor in Environmental Epidemiology at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Former Chair of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Environment and Health Committee (2020-2024), and Elect Chair of the ERS Advocacy Council for the term 2026-2029. Her main research areas include health effects of air pollution and respiratory diseases, including asthma in children and adults, COPD, lung cancer, acute lower respiratory infections and COVID-19. He other areas of research include air pollution and cardiometabolic diseases, dementia, and mental health, as well as climate change and health, health effects of road traffic noise, interaction between air pollution and physical activity, capacity building in air pollution in environmental epidemiology in Eastern Europe (Serbia and Western Balkans), among others. Prof. Andersen is passionate about advocacy on clean air and translation of knowledge from research on health effects of air pollution to policy makers at local, national, European and global level, as an active member of the Expert group on Air Pollution in Copenhagen Municipality, Danish Council for Disease Prevention, Policy Committee of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, and WHO Global Air Pollution and Health Technical Advisory Group. She has received ERS mid-career Gold-Medal in Epidemiology and Environment in 2022.