Harvard Catalyst Profiles

University of Murcia School of Medicine	PhD
University of Murcia School of Medicine	MPH
University of Valencia School of Pharmacy	BPharm

Dr. Mínguez-Alarcón is a Spanish epidemiologist with joint appointments both at the Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital (Assistant Professor of Medicine/Lead Investigator) and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (Department Associate). Her research focuses on identifying chemical and non-chemical stressors of human fertility, reproductive and cardiometabolic health with special interest in chemical mixtures, diet-chemical interactions and paternal contributions to pregnancy outcomes. Results from her work have been used by national and international agencies (e.g. European Food Safety Authority). Dr. Mínguez-Alarcón is the PI of the NIH funded Longitudinal Investigation of Health and Diseases after Infertility (LIHDI) Study, which is prospectively exploring chemical exposures during reproductive years in relation to long-term cardiovascular and metabolic health. She is also the PI of another NIH R01 that evaluates paternal pesticide exposure in relation to couple's pregnancy outcomes and associations with sperm and leukocyte epigenome. She brings her expertise to the Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) journal as an Associate Editor and the Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Health (RPPH) NIH study section as a Grant Reviewer. Most of her teaching includes mentoring of individual students from Harvard TH Chan as well as residents and fellows at Harvard-affiliated hospitals.