Simon Iain Hay

Education

Hay attended the University of Bristol, where he studied zoology (Bachelor of Science 1993, summa cum laude).

Career

He is Professor of Epidemiology and a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow at The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Professor for Global Health at the University of Washington and Director of Geospatial Science at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). From 2013-2015 he served as the 52nd President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. He matriculated at the University of Oxford in the same year and gained his doctorate in epidemiology (Doctor of Philosophy, 1996) while at Green College, Oxford.

Early influences during his doctoral studies were Sir Richard Doll and Sir Richard Southwood.

In 2012 he also became a Fellow in the Sciences and Mathematics at Street John"s College, Oxford where he gained a higher doctorate (Doctor of Science, 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).

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

Achievements

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

Membership

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).