Jakob ‘Janša’ Gaon

Medical doctor, professor and epidemiologist. Born in Travnik, he graduated with a medical degree from University of Belgrade in 1939. He specialized in epidemiology and became a full professor. He was an excellent researcher with over 300 publications. He is also the co-author of the books "General Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases" and "Special Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases". He was a polyglot and an excellent lecturer with extraordinary abilities to transfer knowledge to students and trainees. He is one of pioneer of modern epidemiology in Bosnia and Herzegovina, founder and member Association of Epidemiologists of BiH and Yugoslavia and a member of several foreign countries epidemiological associations. He has been a regular member of ANUBiH since 1974.