Fernando Simón Explained

Fernando Simón
Birth Name:Fernando Simón Soria
Birth Date:29 July 1963
Birth Place:Zaragoza, Spain
Alma Mater:University of Zaragoza
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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] Simón tested positive for coronavirus on 30 March 2020.[4]

Early life and education

Born in Zaragoza,[5] he graduated in Medicine at the University of Zaragoza, and specialized in Public Health and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[6] Simón trained in the European Training Program in Intervention Epidemiology at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Career

Simón was director of the Center for Research in Tropical Diseases in Manhiça District, in Mozambique,[7] and of the Ntita Hospital in Burundi.[8]

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).[9]

In June 2020 he received the Emilio Castelar 2020 award.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Fernando Simón, el portavoz que calma a la gente ante el temor del coronavirus . es . Juan Luis . Valenzuela . 27 February 2020 . 10 May 2020 . El Plural.
  2. News: Fernando Simón, "el hombre que quieres tener al lado" ante una epidemia . es . 31 January 2020 . 10 May 2020 . Redacción Médica.
  3. News: Coronavirus: meet the scientists who are now household names . Jon . Henley . 22 March 2020 . 22 March 2020 . . Guardian News & Media Limited.
  4. Web site: Fernando Simón, positivo en coronavirus. 2020-03-30. ELMUNDO. 2020-03-30.
  5. News: No hay una epidemia hasta que Fernando Simón no se vuelve el rey de los telediarios . es . Antonio . Villareal . Rafael . Méndez . 1 March 2020 . 10 May 2020 . El Confidencial.
  6. News: Fernando Simón, el portavoz tranquilo . es . Nuria . Ramírez de Castro . 2 March 2020 . 10 May 2020 . . Vocento.
  7. News: Fernando Simón, el supermédico contra el coronavirus: ya le ganó la batalla al ébola y el zika . es . Beatriz . G. Portalatín . 1 February 2020 . 10 May 2020 . El Español.
  8. News: ASÍ ES FERNANDO SIMÓN, EL HOMBRE QUE TRANQUILIZA A ESPAÑA SOBRE EL CORONAVIRUS . es . Nuria . Hernández . 3 March 2020 . 10 May 2020 . Vanity Fair.
  9. News: ¿Quién es Fernando Simón, el portavoz sobre la situación del coronavirus en España? . es . M. R. . 29 February 2020 . 10 May 2020 . . Prensa Ibérica.
  10. News: Fernando Simón, premio Emilio Castelar 2020 . Javier . Martín-Arroyo . 20 June 2020 . 21 June 2020 . . . es.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Fernando Simón".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.