Mario Fafangel

For his grandfather, who was an Olympic sailor, see Mario Fafangel (sailor).

Mario Fafangel
Born1980
NationalitySlovenian and Italian
Medical career
ProfessionEpidemiologist

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]

References

  1. ^ "How to properly pronounce a surname of Mario Fafangel" (in Slovenian). Televizija Slovenija. 18 August 2022.
  2. ^ Spoznajte kolumniste N1 – Mario Fafangel, N1 United Media, 15 June 2021
  3. ^ "Curriculum vitae : Mario Fafangel" (PDF). European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
  4. ^ Slovenia's chief epidemiologist quits Covid-19 advisory team, Slovenian Press Agency, 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ Epidemiologist Fafangel Delo's person of the year, Slovenian Press Agency, 7 January 2021.


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