Keiji Fukuda

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Keiji Fukuda (* 1955 ) is an American doctor specializing in influenza research . In March 2009, Fukuda took up the position as deputy director general for health security and the environment ad interim at the World Health OrganizationTemplate: dead link /! ... nourl  ( page no longer available ) (WHO). On September 1, 2010, he took over this position permanently. Template: dead link /! ... nourl ( Page no longer available ) Fukuda has been working for the WHO since 2005. He was the coordinator of the global influenza program from 2006 to 2008. He later became the director of that program. Before Fukuda started working at WHO, he worked as head of the Empidemiological Department, Influenza Division at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

biography

Fukuda's parents were medical professionals. His father emigrated from Japan and settled in Vermont . He came to the US on an anesthesia research fellowship and later worked at the Barre, Vermont hospital . Template: dead link /! ... nourl ( Page no longer available )

Keiji Fukuda graduated from Oberlin College . He completed his studies with a BA . During his studies he traveled as a backpacker through Asia, the Middle East and Europe for nine months . He then went on to study medicine at the University of Vermont Medical School . He successfully completed this in 1983. Fukuda graduated from the University of California, San Francisco , with a major in internal medicine . He also earned a Masters of Public Health majoring in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley . After completing his specialist training, Fukuda worked in clinics for leprosy and tuberculosis .

Fukuda trained at the CDC in Atlanta as part of the Epidemiology Intelligence Service (EIS) program. After completing the two-year training, Fukuda worked in the Viral Rash and Herpes Viruses department . This group was responsible for the study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in order to investigate a possible link between the disease and chronic infection with Epstein-Barr virus and other viruses. In 1996 Fukuda switched to the influenza department. There he was responsible for the nationwide surveillance of influenza. During his stay in Georgia he worked as a clinical assistant professor at the medical faculty, community and preventive medicine department, at Emory University . Fukuda is also a member of the US Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps.

Fukuda has led investigations into dengue outbreaks , various types of bird flu outbreaks and SARS while at the CDC . He is the author of many specialist publications. He also works as a consultant for health issues and preventive medicine.

Fukuda lives in Geneva in 2009 with his wife Holly and two daughters .

Specialist publications

  • Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus and 2 fundamental questions. Briand S, Fukuda KJ Infect Dis . 2009 Jun 15; 199 (12): 1717-9.
  • The pandemic influenza vaccine challenge. Kieny MP, Fukuda K. Vaccine. 2008 Sep 12; 26 Suppl 4: D3-4.
  • WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines for pharmacological management of sporadic human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus Schünemann HJ, Hill SR, Kakad M, Bellamy R, Uyeki TM, Hayden FG, Yazdanpanah Y, Beigel J, Chotpitayasunondh T, Del Mar C, Farrar J, Tran TH, Ozbay B, Sugaya N, Fukuda K, Shindo N, Stockman L, Vist GE, Croisier A, Nagjdaliyev A, Roth C, Thomson G, Zucker H, Oxman AD; WHO Rapid Advice Guideline Panel on Avian Influenza. Lancet Infect Dis . 2007 Jan; 7 (1): 21-31. Review.
  • Health benefits, risks, and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of children. Prosser LA, Bridges CB, Uyeki ™, Hinrichsen VL, Meltzer MI, Molinari NA, Schwartz B, Thompson WW, Fukuda K, Lieu TA. Emerg Infect Dis . 2006 Oct; 12 (10): 1548-58.
  • Different approaches to influenza vaccination. Fukuda K, Kieny MP. N Engl J Med . 2006 Dec 14; 355 (24): 2586-7.
  • Influenza-associated deaths among children in the United States, 2003-2004. Bhat N, Wright JG, Broder KR, Murray EL, Greenberg ME, Glover MJ, Likos AM, Posey DL, Klimov A, Lindstrom SE, Balish A, Medina MJ, Wallis TR, Guarner J, Paddock CD, Shieh WJ, Zaki SR , Sejvar JJ, Shay DK, Harper SA, Cox NJ, Fukuda K, Uyeki ™; Influenza Special Investigations Team. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 15; 353 (24): 2559-67.
  • Influenza vaccination among the elderly in the United States. Thompson WW, Shay DK, Weintraub E, Brammer L, Cox NJ, Fukuda K. Arch Intern Med . 2005 Sep 26; 165 (17): 2038-9; author reply 2039-40
  • Prevention and control of influenza. Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Harper SA, Fukuda K, Uyeki ™, Cox NJ, Bridges CB; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR Recomm Rep. 2005 Jul 29; 54 (RR-8): 1-40. Erratum in: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005 Aug 5; 54 (30): 750.
  • Values ​​for preventing influenza-related morbidity and vaccine adverse events in children. Prosser LA, Bridges CB, Uyeki TM, Rêgo VH, Ray GT, Meltzer MI, Schwartz B, Thompson WW, Fukuda K, Lieu TA. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2005 Mar 21; 3:18. (PDF file; 297 kB)
  • An economic analysis of annual influenza vaccination of children. Meltzer MI, Neuzil KM, Griffin MR, Fukuda K. Vaccine. 2005 Jan 11; 23 (8): 1004-14.
  • Prevention and control of influenza: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Bridges CB, Winquist AG, Fukuda K, Cox NJ, Singleton JA, Strikas RA; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2000 Apr 14; 49 (RR-3): 1-38; quiz CE1-7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b WHO biography . Retrieved September 15, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ Keiji Fukuda, John Colmey: This is Serious. Time.com from Jan. 12, 1998 ( Memento from August 16, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Melissa Pasanen: Walking the tightrope: For Keiji Fukuda, MD '83, being one of the leaders of the fight against influenza means balancing the quiet work of science and the occasional loud warning call (PDF file; 3.36 MB), Vermont Medicine, 2005, pp. 26-30. Accessed: April 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ Profile of Keiji Fukuda on the website of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases ( Memento from September 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Gretchen Reynolds: The Flu Hunters . The New York Times of Nov. 7, 2004, pp. 36-43, 52, 68, 92-93. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
  6. ↑ CDC Disease Fighters Go Where Virus Action Is ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cdc.gov archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . CDC.gov . Retrieved on: May 2, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Fukuda, Keiji
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1955