Hovhannes Baroyan - Outstanding Domestic Epidemiologist (To the 110th anniversary)

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Hovhannes Baroyan - outstanding domestic epidemiologist with a worldwide reputation. He participated in the liquidation of outbreaks of dangerous infections in different parts of the planet. In addition to traditional areas of research Academician Baroyan paid great attention to new trends in the development of Epidemiology, on non-infectious epidemiology (epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, famine) and methodological level of research, bringing all the latest achievements of microbiology, immunology, genetics, molecular biology in the service epidemiology. He was an excellent lecturer, promoter of all new in epidemiology and related disciplines, an active promoter of science. World famous scientist brought him new and original approaches to the understanding of the epidemiology of the infection process, based on the invaluable personal experience, gained in the course of expeditions to eliminate outbreaks of dangerous infections in different parts of the planet. He always tried to understand the complex problems of the spread of infectious diseases globally, from the standpoint of «ecological wisdom »Key words of nature. In addition to traditional areas of research paid great attention to new trends in the development of Epidemiology, on non-infectious epidemiology (epidemiology of cancer, cardiovascular disease, famine) and methodological level of research, bringing all the latest achievements of microbiology, immunology, genetics, molecular biology to epidemiology service. He was an excellent lecturer, promoter of all new in epidemiology and related disciplines, an active promoter of science.