05 July 2012
SINGAPORE: An international
infectious diseases expert will lead a signature programme of the Duke-NUS
Graduate Medical School Singapore...
Professor Wang Linfa was appointed as
director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) research programme from July
1.
It said Prof Wang is a renowned
expert on identifying new and emerging diseases of bat origin.
He's a
Science Leader for the Office of the Chief Executive and Senior Principal
Research Scientist in CSIRO Livestock Industries' Australian Animal Health
Laboratory in Geelong, Australia.
At CSIRO, he led a project team of more
than 20 staff who study new and emerging viruses that affect both humans and
animals.
..He is especially noted for his work on bat-borne viruses that have the
potential to impact human and animal health.
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