Fernando Simón Soria (born 29 July 1963) is a Spanish epidemiologist serving as Director of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies of the Ministry of Health.

[1] He came to public prominence as spokesman for the special committee on Ebola virus disease in Spain in 2014,[2] and a similar role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[4] Born in Zaragoza,[5] he graduated in Medicine at the University of Zaragoza, and specialized in Public Health and Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Simón was director of the Center for Research in Tropical Diseases in Manhiça District, in Mozambique,[7] and of the Ntita Hospital in Burundi.

He is currently a professor at the National School of Public Health, and a member of the advisory committee of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).