Simon Iain Hay | |
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Born | 15 January 1971 |
Alma mater | University of Bristol Green College, Oxford |
Awards | Scientific Medal (2008) Back Award (2012) Bailey K. Ashford Medal (2013) Chalmers Medal (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology Cartography[1] |
Institutions | University of Oxford University of Washington |
Thesis | An investigation of the utility of remote sensing imagery for predicting the distribution and abundance of the tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) (1996[2]) |
Website | simonihay |
Simon Iain Hay, (born 15 January 1971, Rinteln, Germany) is a British epidemiologist. He is Professor for Global Health[3] at the University of Washington and Director of Geospatial Science[4] at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). From 2013-2015 he served as the 52nd President[5] of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.