Valentin Pokrovsky
Valentin Pokrovsky | |
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| Born | Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky 1 April 1929[1] |
| Died | 29 October 2020 (aged 91) |
| Alma mater | I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University |
| Awards | Order of Lenin (1986) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, epidemiology |
| Institutions | Russian 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 Soviet and Russian medical scientist, epidemiologist and infectionist.
Career
[edit]He was born in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, and graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
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).
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]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971)
- Order of Lenin (1986)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1994)
- State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997)
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (1999)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian)
- ^ "Карта сайта".
- ^ "Умер академик РАН Валентин Покровский". Expert Online (in Russian). Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- People from Ivanovo
- Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Academicians of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
- Foreign members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
- Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Education
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University alumni
- Presidents of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
- Russian epidemiologists
- Russian infectious disease physicians
- Soviet infectious disease physicians