Valentin Pokrovsky

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Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky
Born(1929-04-01)1 April 1929[1]
RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died29 October 2020(2020-10-29) (aged 91)
Alma materI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
AwardsOrder of Lenin (1986)
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
Scientific career
Fieldsmedicine, epidemiology
InstitutionsRussian Academy of Medical Sciences
Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky (Russian: Валентин Иванович Покровский; 1 April 1929 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian medical scientist, epidemiologist and infectionist.

Career[]

President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences from 1987 to 2006, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2013),[1] Director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Professor at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Doctor of Medical Sciences (Dsc).

He was born in RSFSR, Soviet Union, and graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

Since 1971 Director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation.

From 1997 to 2008, Pokrovsky headed the Department of Еpidemiology and Evidence-based medicine at his alma-mater.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2013, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences since 1982, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences since 1971.[1]

He was Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.[2]

Pokrovsky died on 29 October 2020.[3]

He was awarded:

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Карта сайта".
  3. ^ "Умер академик РАН Валентин Покровский". Expert Online (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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