Prof. Muka is a medical doctor and epidemiologist, currently working as the leader of the Cardiometabolic Research Group at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern. He previously led the diabetes theme in the epidemiology department of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Prof. Muka has a broad interest in cardiometabolic health with particular interest in the role of -omics and sex-specific differences in improving prevention and precision care in cardiometabolic disease, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He integrates knowledge form different disciplines and approaches that include epidemiology, population-based studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, nutrition, epigenetics, sex-specific differences, reproductive health, cardiometabolic diseases and the pharmaceutical industry to manage interdisciplinary projects. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, co-authored books in epigenetics and cardiovascular medicine. His scientific work has been covered by the BBC, CNN, Reuters, the Times of London, and the New York Times.