György Széles

is a graduate of the Debrecen University School of Medicine, (MD, 1996) and University of Debrecen (PhD in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 2005) in Hungary; the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London Union (MSc in Communicable Diseases Epidemiology, 1997). In 2003 he got his license in preventive medicine and public health. He started his career as an academic researcher in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health in 1996 at the Faculty of Public Health, University of Debrecen. He worked as an academic researcher in the field of epidemiology and public health from 1996 until 2008 in different positions: assistant lecturer at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (1996-2005), assistant professor of the Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology at the University of Debrecen (2005-2008). He started a business entrepreneurship in Angola in 2008 where as a CEO he was responsible for the establishment and management of a private company until 2015. Since June 2017, he has worked as a principal researcher at Syreon Research Institute.


The project was launched in September 2015 and will continue to August 2020.

This project has received funding from the European Unionʼs Horizon2020 Programme under grant agreement no 634753