Jung Eun-kyeong
Jung Eun-kyeong or Jeong Eun-kyeong (Korean: 정은경; Hanja: 鄭銀敬; born 1965) is a South Korean infectious disease and public health expert currently serving as the Director of KCDC, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, since her appointment by President Moon Jae-in in July 2017. Jung is the first woman to lead the KCDC since the creation of the agency and its preceding National Institute of Health (KNIH) in 2003 and 1981 respectively.[1]
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정은경 | |
Director of KCDC | |
Assumed office 26 July 2017 | |
President | Moon Jae-in |
Prime Minister | Lee Nak-yeon Chung Sye-kyun |
Preceded by | Jung Ki-seok |
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Born | 1965 Gwangju, South Korea |
Alma mater | Seoul National University |
Before being promoted to the head of the KCDC, Jung led its Center for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. In 2015, during the MERS outbreak, she was responsible for press briefings and crisis management as the head of the KCDC's sub-center.[1] She also previously worked as the head of KCDC's Center for Disease Prevention and Department of Chronic Disease Control Research.[2] She first joined the agency, then-KNIH, as a researcher in 1995.
Jung graduated from Seoul National University with three degrees: M.D., Master's in public health, and doctorate in preventive medicine.[3]
References
- "정은경 질병관리본부장…전염병 관리 첫 여성사령탑" [Jung Director of KCDC... first woman chief] (in Korean).
- "본부장 악력" [Director profile] (in Korean).
- "Moon names former doctor as KCDC head – Korea Biomedical Review". www.koreabiomed.com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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