Fernando Simón
Fernando Simón | |
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| File:Spanish Coronavirus Technical Management Committee press briefing 20 March 20 04 (cropped).jpg Fernando Simón Soria in March 2020 | |
| Born | Fernando Simón Soria (1963-07-29) 29 July 1963 (age 62) Zaragoza, Spain |
| Alma mater | University of Zaragoza London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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Fernando Simón Soria (born 29 July 1963) is a Spanish epidemiologist serving as Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health.[1] He came to public prominence as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain in 2014,[2] and a similar role during the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Born in Zaragoza,[4] he graduated in Medicine at the University of Zaragoza, and specialized in Public Health and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[5] Simón trained in the European Training Program in Intervention Epidemiology at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Career
[edit | edit source]Simón was director of the Center for Research in Tropical Diseases in Manhiça District, in Mozambique,[6] and of the Ntita Hospital in Burundi.[7]
He was also a director of programs in the National Center of Epidemiology (CNE), and a coordinator of the Health Alert and Response Unit in the CNE from 2003 to 2011. He is currently a professor at the National School of Public Health, and a member of the advisory committee of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).[8]
In June 2020 he received the Emilio Castelar 2020 award.[9]
Simón tested positive for coronavirus on 30 March 2020.[10] He was temporarily replaced by María José Sierra.[11]
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