Professor Maximilian de Courten is a consultant for PCRi.

Maximilian (MD, MPH) is a leading expert in clinical medicine, health research, population-based studies, community interventions, Global Health and health policy. With extensive experience across global institutions, including the USA (National Institutes of Health), Switzerland (WHO), Denmark and Australia, Maximilian brings a breadth of knowledge to population health.

He has published over 200 articles and reports, 14 book chapters and 7 commissioned reports, including two reports setting early important chronic disease risk factor statistics in Australia. He is supervising a number of PhD students across several institutions, demonstrating his commitment to mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Maximilian’s international reputation is underscored by his tenure at WHO and his advisory roles with the World Bank. He managed large-scale national disease prevention programs focused on health determinants, translating findings into evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for practice. He developed the WHO STEPwise chronic disease surveillance system, now implemented in 105 countries and was in 2011 delegate of the Danish government for the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in New York.

Through his direct involvement with population health in a number of countries, Maximilian is very well-versed in the global and socio-political determinants of health.