Dr. Matilda van den Bosch

Matilda van den Bosch, MD, PhD is a senior researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Spain, and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada at the School of Population and Public Health and Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences. She is trained as a physician and holds a PhD in Landscape Planning and Public Health.

Her interdisciplinary research is situated at the nexus of ecosystem health and human health, within the context of Planetary Health. Being a pioneer in the research field of nature and public health and a knowledge leader on the topic, she has worked as a consultant for the WHO, US Environmental Protection Agency, and UN Environmental Programme, contributing to the development of urban green space indicators for public health and policy priorities for protecting health for both humans and the environment. She is the primary editor of the Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health, published by the Oxford University Press in 2018.

In 2025 she was recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher in interdisciplinary studies, reflecting the global influence of her work.