Kei Numazaki
Department of Pediatrics and Infection Control
International University of Health and Welfare Hospital JapanInternational University of Health and Welfare Hospital
Japan
Biography
NUMAZAKI, KEI, Physician & Microbiologist; born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; MD, Sapporo Med. U., 1980, PhD, 1985. Staff Pediatrician Hokkaido Children’s Hospital, 1985-1986; Postdoctoral Fellow McGill U., Montreal, Can., 1986-1989, Adjunct Prof., 1994-2004 ; Sr. Lectr. Sapporo Med. U., 1990-1993, Asst. Prof., 1993-2004, Assoc. Prof., 2004; Chief of Measles Laboratory, Virology III, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, 2004-2008; Head of Regional Reference Laboratory and Global Specialized Laboratory, WHO, Geneva, 2005-2008; Professor & Chair, Division of International Infectious Diseases, Graduate School, Departments of Pediatrics, University Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Tochigi, Japan, 2008-present. Country Ambassador for Japan of Am. Soc. Microbiology (ASM), Avocations: Skiing, Marathons
Research Interest
Pediatric infectious diseases, Vaccine study Viral pathogenesis and diagnostic microbiology clinical and microbiological studies especially in the field of Human cytomegalovirus,Chlamydia (trachomatis and pneumoniae) Mycoplasma pneumoniae, HIV, Human rotavirus, Measles, Rubella infections.