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Ruy López Ridaura
Ruy López Ridaura is a Mexican Epidemiology, epidemiologist, author and infectious diseases expert who has served as head of the National Center for Disease Control and Preventive Programs of the Secretariat of Health (Mexico), Secretariat of Health of Mexico. Since January 2020, he has been one of the lead members of the task force addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Career Education López Ridaura attended the School of Medicine, UNAM, School of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) graduating in 1994 as Physician-Surgeon. At that time he has been friend of Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Hugo López-Gatell. Afterwards, he obtained a master's degree in Clinic Epidemiology at UNAM in 2000, and later a Ph.D degree in Epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Public service From 1998 to 2000 he was a physician at Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition (INCMNSZ). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and Risk factor (epidemiology), determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population, and application of this knowledge to prevent diseases. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidence-based practice by identifying Risk factor (epidemiology), risk factors for disease and targets for preventive healthcare. Epidemiologists help with study design, collection, and statistical analysis of data, amend interpretation and dissemination of results (including peer review and occasional systematic review). Epidemiology has helped develop methodology used in clinical research, public health studies, and, to a lesser extent, basic research in the biological sciences. Major areas of epidemiological study include disease causation, transmission (medicine), transmission, outbreak investigation, disease surveillance, environmental epidemiology, forensic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
