Simon I. Hay

Professor Simon Iain Hay
Born	(1971-01-15) January 15, 1971
Fields	Epidemiology Cartography
Institutions	University of Oxford University of Washington
Alma mater	University of Bristol Green College, Oxford
Thesis	An investigation of the utility of remote sensing imagery for predicting the distribution and abundance of the tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) (1996)
Influences	Sir Richard Doll,[1] Sir Richard Southwood[2]
Notable awards	Scientific Medal (2008) Back Award (2012) Bailey K. Ashford Medal (2013) Chalmers Medal (2015)
Website simonhay.well.ox.ac.uk

Simon Iain Hay, (born 15 January 1971, Rinteln, Germany) is a British epidemiologist. He is Professor of Epidemiology and a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,^[3] University of Oxford, Professor for Global Health^[4] at the University of Washington and Director of Geospatial Science^[5] at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). From 2013-2015 he served as the 52nd President^[6] of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Education and career

Hay attended the University of Bristol, where he studied zoology (B.Sc. 1993, summa cum laude). He matriculated at the University of Oxford in the same year and gained his doctorate in epidemiology (D.Phil., 1996) while at Green College, Oxford. Early influences during his doctoral studies were Sir Richard Doll^[1] and Sir Richard Southwood.^[2] Hay has remained at the University of Oxford where he is now a member of congregation and was awarded the title of Reader (2008) and then Professor (2012). In 2012 he also became a Research Fellow in the Sciences and Mathematics^[7] at St John's College, Oxford where he gained a higher doctorate (D.Sc., 2014). In 2015 he also became Professor for Global Health at the University of Washington and Director of Geospatial Science at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

Research

Hay investigates spatial and temporal aspects of infectious disease epidemiology to support the more rational implementation of disease control and intervention strategies.^[8]

Honours and awards

Hay was awarded the Scientific Medal^[9] of the Zoological Society of London (2008), the Back Award^[10] of the Royal Geographical Society (2012), for research contributing to public health policy, the Bailey K. Ashford Medal^[11] of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2013) and the Chalmers Memorial Medal^[12] of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2015), both for exceptional contributions to tropical medicine.

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