MEDICC Rev. 2020 Oct;22(4):20-23. doi: 10.37757/MR2020.V22.N4.12.
If all physicians are detectives, using their skills to track down what ails body and mind, then epidemiologists are medicine's social detectives, using their training to understand the great calamities of population health. For over 30 years, Dr José Moya has worked in the fi eld since his initial position as head of epidemiology in Ayacucho, in his home country of Peru. His journey into global health began with Doctors Without Borders in Guatemala, Mozambique and Nigeria. Later at PAHO, he was Permanent Representative in Venezuela, after earlier postings as an epidemiologist in Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Argentina.
如果说所有医生都是侦探,运用他们的技能追踪身体和心理的疾病,那么流行病学家就是医学领域的社会侦探,利用他们的专业知识来了解人口健康的重大灾难。José Moya 博士自 30 多年前在秘鲁的家乡阿亚库乔担任流行病学负责人的初始职位以来,一直在该领域工作。他的全球卫生之旅始于无国界医生组织在危地马拉、莫桑比克和尼日利亚的工作。后来在泛美卫生组织,他在委内瑞拉担任常驻代表,此前曾在海地、墨西哥、巴西、多米尼加共和国和阿根廷担任流行病学家。