Professor Mark R. Miller is a Personal Chair of the Environment and Health in the Centre for Cardiovascular Science at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Mark’s research addresses the health effects of air pollution. A notable focus has been the biological pathways by which the particles in vehicle exhaust cause adverse effects in the cardiovascular system.
His work encompasses a broad range of approaches, including in vivo models of disease and controlled exposure to air pollutants in human subjects.
Mark is an Editor of the journal Particle & Fibre Toxicology. He is the Outgoing Chair of the World Heart Federation Air Pollution and Climate Change Expert Group, and a member of the European Society of Cardiology Taskforce on the Environment and Sustainability. He is a member of the Scottish Government Air Quality Advisory Group and an Expert Member of the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollution (COMEAP), which advises the UK governmental Department of Health on this subject.
Mark’s research findings have received extensive coverage in the national and international media, and featured in documentaries on UK television. His work was highlighted as a case study in the DEFRA (UK Government) Clean Air Strategy 2019, contributed to the 2021 World Health Organization Global Air Quality Guidelines, and the Chief Medical Officer for England’s Annual Report: Air Pollution (2022). Mark recently led the World Heart Federation’s World Heart Report 2024: Clearing the Air to Address Pollution’s Cardiovascular Health Crisis.
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