Jacob Moran-gilad MD, MPH

Prof. Jacob Moran-Gilad earned his medical degree and Master's degree in public health at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel to which he is currently affiliated as Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Staff Member at the Department of Health Systems Management. As a Medical Doctor he specialised as both a consultant clinical microbiologist and a consultant in public health medicine, being the only physician in Israel to pursue such training and went through a unique Fellowship in Public Health Microbiology Strategy at the Directorate of the Centre for Infections, UK Health Protection Agency (now Public Health England), where he was involved in key UK national and international projects such as preparedness to the 2012 Olympic Games, harmonisation of surveillance systems and microbiology strategy for the EU.