Pedro Alonso (medic)

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Pedro Alonso (* 1957 in Madrid ) is a Spanish physician and malaria - researchers , the 1996, the Manhiça Health Research Center in Mozambique has established and now director of the WHO 's Global Malaria Program in Geneva.

education

After attending Atlantic College , one of the United World Colleges , Pedro Alonso completed his medical degree ( MD ) from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 1984 and a graduate degree ( MS ) in epidemiology and infectious diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine . He was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the University of Barcelona .

Professional life

In 1996, Alonso founded the Centro de Investigaçao em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM - Manhiça Health Research Center) in Mozambique. As director he was responsible for the establishment and development of the research and training center and expanded it into one of the leading institutes in malaria research. He was then Director of the Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in Barcelona, ​​Head of the Medical Department for International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona and Professor at the University of Barcelona. Since 2014 he has been director of the WHO Global Malaria Program.

Alonso's research has been published in the medical journals The Lancet , the Journal of Infectious Diseases, and the Journal for Tropical Medicine and International Health . Alonso was a member of a number of international expert groups, including a. as chairman of the Malaria Vaccination Expert Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Alonso has received a number of national and international prizes and awards, including a. the Red Cross Gold Medal, the Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil from the Spanish Ministry of Health, the UNICEF International Award “Personal Career” 2009 and the Save The Children 2008 Award. The achievements of the CISM Research Center were honored in 2008 with the Prince of Asturias Prize for International Cooperation. Alonso received a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2016 .

Fonts

  • Pedro L Alonso, Jahit Sacarlal, John J Aponte, Amanda Leach, Eusebio Macete, Pedro Aide u. a .: Duration of protection with RTS, S / AS02A malaria vaccine in prevention of Plasmodium falciparum disease in Mozambican children: single-blind extended follow-up of a randomized controlled trial . In: The Lancet . Vol. 366, no. 9502. Elsevier, December 10, 2005, pp. 2012–2018 (English).

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alumni profile. (No longer available online.) UWC, archived from the original on June 20, 2010 ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uwc.org
  2. ↑ a b Malaria Vaccine Initiative - Bio. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 28, 2008 ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.malariavaccine.org
  3. ↑ a b Bio Sketch. (No longer available online.) CRESIB, archived from the original on June 19, 2010 ; accessed on June 13, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cresib.cat
  4. ↑ Malaria vaccination for babies too. (No longer available online.) In: FAZ . October 24, 2007, archived from the original on October 17, 2012 ; Retrieved June 13, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.faz.net
  5. ↑ Vaccination: Better protection against malaria . In: FAZ . November 29, 2005, p. 36 ( faz.net [accessed June 21, 2010]).
  6. ↑ Director of ISGlobal to lead World Health Organization's new global strategy for the elimination of malaria. Barcelona Institute for Global Health, July 30, 2014, accessed June 7, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Malaria: Pedro L. Alonso, MD, PhD. WHO, accessed June 7, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Zaragoza Logistics Center: Dr. Pedro Alonso. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 21, 2010 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.zlc.edu.es
  9. ↑ Global Talent. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2016 ; accessed on June 21, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.en.globaltalentnews.com
  10. ↑ Save the Children: Premios Amigos de los Niños 2008. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 21, 2010 (Spanish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.savethechildren.es
  11. ↑ 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Retrieved June 21, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Alonso, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish medic and malaria researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid