Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)

Oscar Franco receives «Epidemiology Academic of the Year (Europe)» award from Global Health and Pharma Magazine

13.11.2020 – Academic success is a great way to measure the intelligence and importance of a certain individual, but Professor Oscar H. Franco is so much more than that. As the Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Director of the Institute of Social and Preventative Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern, Professor Franco is one of the most influential figures in the world of epidemiology.

Alongside his wealth of responsibility at ISPM in Bern, Professor Franco is also Adjunct Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, as well as being scientific advisor for French television channel, France24. With more than seven hundred publications, Professor Franco has dedicated much of his life to scientific advancement, and particularly to the sector of epidemiology.

Epidemiology Academic of the Year (Europe): Oscar H. Franco (PDF, 144KB)