Mario Fafangel Explained

Mario Fafangel
Nationality:	Slovenian and Italian
Profession:	Epidemiologist
Birth Date:	1980

Mario Fafangel Jr. /fa'fændʒel/^[1] is a medical doctor who is Slovenia's head epidemiologist as head of the Communicable Diseases Centre at the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ).^[2] He earned an M.D. from the University of Trieste in 2007.^[3] He resigned from Janez Janša's government's COVID-19 advisory group as chief epidemiologist because his evidence-based proposals were not listened to by political members of the group.^[4]

Awards

He was awarded the Name of the Year 2020 award by major Slovenian newspaper Delo.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: How to properly pronounce a surname of Mario Fafangel . sl . 2022-08-18 . Televizija Slovenija .
2. https://n1info.si/novice/kolumne/spoznajte-kolumniste-n1 Spoznajte kolumniste N1 – Mario Fafangel
3. Web site: Curriculum vitae : Mario Fafangel . European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
4. https://english.sta.si/2840836/slovenias-chief-epidemiologist-quits-covid-19-advisory-team Slovenia's chief epidemiologist quits Covid-19 advisory team
5. https://english.sta.si/2852362/epidemiologist-fafangel-delos-person-of-the-year Epidemiologist Fafangel Delo's person of the year