Mario Fafangel

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]

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

Mario Fafangel
Born1980
NationalitySlovenian and Italian
Medical career
ProfessionEpidemiologist

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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