| Danylo Zabolotny | |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Birth Date: | 28 December 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Chobotarka, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire (now, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting Place: | Zabolotne |
| Fields: | Epidemiology |
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| Known For: | Research in public health |
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Danylo Kyrylovych Zabolotny (Ukrainian: Данило Кирилович Заболотний; 28 December 1866 – 15 December 1929) was a Ukrainian epidemiologist and the founder of the world's first research department of epidemiology. In 1927, he published one of the first texts in his field, Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
Zabolotny conducted groundbreaking research on a number of infectious diseases, including cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, plague, syphilis, and typhus, as well as on gangrene.
He also lead research missions during the third plague pandemic, particularly those in India, Arabia, Mongolia, and China.[1]