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]

Jung Eun-kyeong
정은경
Director of KCDC
Assumed office
26 July 2017
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Prime MinisterLee Nak-yeon
Chung Sye-kyun
Preceded byJung Ki-seok
Personal details
Born1965
Gwangju, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
This is a Korean name; the family name is Jung.

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
  1. "정은경 질병관리본부장…전염병 관리 첫 여성사령탑" [Jung Director of KCDC... first woman chief] (in Korean).
  2. "본부장 악력" [Director profile] (in Korean).
  3. "Moon names former doctor as KCDC head – Korea Biomedical Review". www.koreabiomed.com. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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