Valentin Ivanovich Pokrovsky (russian: Валентин Иванович Покровский; 1 April 1929 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian medical scientist, epidemiologist and infectionist.
Career
President of the
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (russian: Акаде́мия медици́нских нау́к СССР) was the highest scientific and medical organization founded in the Soviet Union founded in 1944.
Its successor is the Russian Academy of ...
from 1987 to 2006, Academician of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...
(since 2013),
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(in Russian) 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
First Moscow State Medical University (MSMU, officially I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, informally Moscow Medical Academy or Sechenov University; russian: Первый Московский государственный � ...
,
Doctor of Medical Sciences (Dsc).
He was born in
RSFSR
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
,
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
, and graduated from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.
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
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...
since 2013, Academician of the
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (russian: Акаде́мия медици́нских нау́к СССР) was the highest scientific and medical organization founded in the Soviet Union founded in 1944.
Its successor is the Russian Academy of ...
since 1982, Correspondent Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences since 1971.
He was Foreign Member of the
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Pokrovsky died on 29 October 2020.
He was awarded:
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Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...
(1986)
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the ...
(1971)
References
External links
Russian medical volunteers under the First MSMU aegis
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2020 deaths
1929 births
Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Academicians of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Foreign Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Presidents of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences