Mercedes Sotos‐Prieto

Preventive Cardiology

Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies

About

Mercedes Sotos‐Prieto works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies.

Mercedes Sotos-Prieto is a Tenured Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is affiliated with the IMDEA Food Institute in Madrid. Her research emphasizes translational nutritional epidemiology, focusing on dietary patterns and lifestyle factors influencing cardiovascular disease and healthy aging.

Research focus

Nutritional Epidemiology for Cardiovascular Disease PreventionDiet Quality and Cardiometabolic Risk FactorsMediterranean Lifestyle and Heart HealthPlant-Based Diets for Cardiovascular ProtectionLifestyle Factors in Healthy Aging and CVD

Impact

210 pubs · 4,498 cites · h-index 36

Training

European PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Valencia
2012
Diplomatura de Nutrición Humana y Dietética
University of Valencia
2005

Affiliations

Work Experience

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

2020 - Present

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2023 - Present

Ohio University

2018 - 2020

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2013 - 2018

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)

2012 - 2013