Name Yoshihiro Kawaoka Role University Professor | Awards Robert Koch Prize | |
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Yoshihiro kawaoka
Yoshihiro Kawaoka (河岡 義裕, Kawaoka Yoshihiro, born November 14, 1955) is a virologist specializing in the study of the influenza and Ebola viruses. He holds a professorship in virology in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and at the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Contents
- Yoshihiro kawaoka
- Health Education in Sierra Leone
- Controversial experiment
- Recognition
- Selected publications
- References

Following the Ebola outbreak of 2014 in West Africa, Kawaoka began development of an Ebola vaccine working in close coordination with Dr. Alhaji N'jai -- toxicologist at the University of Wisconsin -- and his non-profit organization Project 1808, Inc.

Health Education in Sierra Leone
Controversial experiment

Yoshihiro reinvented a new virus based on H5N1. For now, no known vaccine has been found. Despite the great disturbance he has caused, Yoshihiro argued that "it is part of valuable scientific research".
Recognition

Selected publications
