Dr Stephan MayntzClinician

Biography

Dr Stephan Peronard Mayntz (MD, MPH) is an MD PhD Fellow at the Cardiology Research Unit, Odense University Hospital, Svendborg, Denmark, and is also affiliated with the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark. He trained in medicine at the University of Southern Denmark (2016–2021) and completed a Master of Public Health at Imperial College London (2021–2023). His research focuses on the relationship between environmental pollutants — specifically road traffic noise and air pollution — and cardiometabolic disease. He is the lead investigator of the AIRCARD prospective cohort study, whose findings on traffic noise as an independent stroke risk factor were presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Madrid in 2025 and were widely reported in the UK press.

References

1. 1.Stephan Mayntz – ResearchGate profile — Establishes full name, qualifications (MD MPH PhD), position as MD PhD Fellow at Cardiology Research Unit OUH Svendborg, education at University of Southern Denmark and Imperial College London, and research focus on cardiometabolic disease and environmental pollutants.
2. 2.Long-Term Road Traffic Noise, Air Pollution, and Cardiovascular Disease – AIRCARD: A Prospective Cohort Study (PMC / JACC Advances, 2025) — Confirms Mayntz as lead/corresponding author of AIRCARD study, his institutional address at Cardiology Research Unit OUH Svendborg (Baagoes Alle 31, Svendborg 5700, Denmark), and the study's key finding on stroke risk.
3. 3.Impact of Lifetime Exposure to Air and Noise Pollution on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality – the AIRCARD Study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04353232) — Confirms Mayntz as principal investigator of AIRCARD at Cardiovascular Research Unit OUH Svendborg.
4. 4.Impact of air pollution and noise exposure on cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality: A systematic review (PubMed, 2024) — Confirms Mayntz as first author, affiliated with Cardiology Research Unit OUH Svendborg, Department of Clinical Research University of Southern Denmark, and OPEN OUH.

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• Cardiovascular disease and environmental exposures
• Road traffic noise and stroke risk
• Air pollution and cardiometabolic disease
• Public health interventions for cardiovascular prevention
• Health economics of disease burden

Notable achievements

• Lead author of the AIRCARD prospective cohort study, published in JACC: Advances (June 2025), finding that a 14.9 dB rise in long-term road traffic noise raised stroke risk by 12.4% in 26,723 Danish men followed over four decades. Source ↗
• Principal investigator of the AIRCARD clinical trial (NCT04353232), registered on ClinicalTrials.gov, investigating lifetime air and noise pollution exposure and cardiovascular disease. Source ↗
• First author of a systematic review on the impact of air pollution and noise exposure on cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality, published in Heliyon (2024), examining 140 studies. Source ↗
• Presented AIRCARD findings on traffic noise and cardiovascular outcomes at the European Heart Journal supplement (November 2025). Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “Traffic noise is a significant environmental risk factor for stroke, independently associated with a higher risk even at low levels of air pollution. These findings highlight the need to address traffic noise as part of public health interventions to reduce the stroke burden.”

  lead author from Odense university hospital in Denmark · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Stroke centres in England given AI tool that will help 50% of patients recover ↗

Source references

1. Stroke centres in England given AI tool that will help 50% of patients recovertheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephan-Mayntz
• Websitehttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12150041/

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