Alberto Palloni

Additional title: Senior Researcher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC-Spain)

Alberto Palloni is conducting research in two areas. The first, is the formal modelling of adult health, disability and mortality effects of adverse early conditions (embryonic, in utero and shortly after birth). He develops macro and microsimulation models using inputs derived from empirical human and animal studies and uses these to formulate projections and forecasts of chronic illnesses, disability and mortality. The second set of research activities is aimed at generating an integrated framework to understand the future evolution of human longevity and the role played by various mechanisms of plastic adaptation that operate pre-pregnancy, pre- and post-implantation, and during early infancy. This requires integration of mechanisms associated with DNA mutations, epigenetic programming and reprogramming, and adjustments throughout the life course. Both areas of research involve empirical estimation using biomarkers from human and animal studies, formalization using stochastic processes and their translation into simpler multistate hazard models and, lastly, modelling of adult life course.

CDE Research Area Affiliations:

Demography of Inequality; Health and the Life Course; Biodemography; Formal Demography

Selected Publications:

López, Clara Bueno, Guillermo Gómez Moreno, and Alberto Palloni. “Empirical evidence of predictive adaptive response in humans: systematic review and meta-analysis of migrant populations.” Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (2024): 1-18.

Aldea, Néstor, Dariya Ordanovich, Alberto Palloni, Diego Ramiro, and Francisco Viciana. “Influence of Place of Birth on Adult Mortality: The Case of Spain.” European Journal of Population 39, no. 1 (2023): 30.

Huangfu, Yiyue, Alberto Palloni, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, and Mary C. McEniry. “Gene–environment interactions and the case of body mass index and obesity: How much do they matter?.” PNAS Nexus 2, no. 7 (2023): pgad213.

Bueno Lopez, Clara, Guillermo Gómez Moreno, and Alberto Palloni. “Empirical Evidence of Predictive Adaptive Response in Humans: A Meta-Analysis of Migrant Populations.” Available at SSRN 4368071.