Dr. Muntaner is an international ground breaker in social inequalities in health/health equity (SIH/HE) research and practice whose scholarship focuses on understanding how employment and working conditions determine (mental) health disparities in populations across the globe. He is devoted to the development of new theories and methods to address growing inequities in contemporary labor markets, including precarious employment and translate these findings into policy solutions. He has shown to be one of the most productive researchers of his generation in SIH/HE research and has been honored with prestigious distinctions and participation in landmark international initiatives on the social determinates of health. His multidisciplinary research background from psychopharmacology to public mental health has led to creative theoretical and methodological contributions in SIH/HE.