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Danylo Zabolotny

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Danylo Zabolotny
Born(1866-12-28)December 28, 1866
DiedDecember 15, 1929(1929-12-15) (aged 62)
Known forResearch in public health
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology

Danylo Kyrylovych Zabolotny (1866 in Chobotarka, Podolia Governorate – 1929) was a Ukrainian epidemiologist and the founder of the world's first research department of epidemiology. In 1927, he published one of the first texts in his field, Fundamentals of Epidemiology.

Zabolotny conducted groundbreaking research on a number of infectious diseases, including cholera, diphtheria, dysentery, plague, syphilis, and typhus, as well as on gangrene.

Preceded by President of NANU
1928–1929
Succeeded by