Chairman and Chief Specialist
Institute of Pathogenic Microbiology, Guangdong Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Ke Changwen is a microbiologist who focuses on laboratory diagnosis and molecular epidemiology study of infectious diseases. He fights infectious disease pandemics with an unprecedented early-warning system to forecast, pinpoint and control new plagues before they kill millions. He is the visiting professor in pathogenic microbiology and epidemiology at Sun Yat-sen University, Southern Medical University and Shantou University.
Dr. Ke received his Bachelor Degree in Medicine from West China Medical University in 1989 and his Master Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Sun Yat-sen University in 2007. As a visiting researcher, he worked in Department II of Virology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, from 2003 to 2004.
Dr. Ke has published over 70 articles and chapters. His work has been published in EID, JV, JCM, and PLOS ONE. He has received research support totaling over 10 million RMB Yuan in grants and contracts from the provincial and national and international science foundation, including: WHO, USAID, USAPHL and China-US Collaborative Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases.
