Keiji Fukuda

Keiji Fukuda ( born 1955 ) is an American physician with the specialized field of influenza research. Fukuda resigned in March 2009, the job as Assistant Director - General for Health Security and Environment ad interim at the World Health Organization (WHO). On 1 September 2010 he took over the position permanently. Fukuda has worked for the WHO since 2005. He was from 2006 to 2008 Coordinator of the global influenza program. Later, he became director of this program. Before Fukuda began its work at WHO, he worked as Head of the Department empidemiologischen, area influenza at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Biography

The parents of Fukuda were physicians. His father emigrated from Japan and settled in Vermont. He came as part of a research fellowship for anesthesia in the United States and later worked in the hospital in Barre (Vermont ).

Keiji Fukuda studied at Oberlin College. He graduated with a BA. During his studies, he traveled for nine months backpacking through Asia, the Middle East and Europe. This was followed by a medical degree at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vermont. This he graduated in 1983 successfully. His specialist in internal medicine acquired Fukuda at the University of California, San Francisco. He also earned a Master of Public Health with a focus on epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. After his residency training Fukuda worked in hospitals for leprosy and tuberculosis.

Fukuda was trained program at the CDC in Atlanta as part of the Epidemiology Intelligence Service ( EIS). After completing the two-year training Fukuda worked in the department Viral exanthema and herpes viruses. This group was responsible for the study of chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS), to explore a possible existing link between the virus and the chronic infection with the Epstein- Barr virus. In 1996, Fukuda on influenza Department. There he was responsible for the nationwide surveillance of influenza. During his stay in Georgia, he was, among other things as a clinical assistant professor at the Medical Faculty, area community and Preventive Medicine, Emory University operates. Furthermore, Fukuda member of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Fukuda initiated in the framework of its activities at the CDC investigations of outbreaks of dengue fever, various types of bird flu and SARS outbreaks. He is the author of many professional publications. In addition, he has worked as a consultant for health issues and preventive medicine.

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

Publications

  • Avian influenza A ( H5N1) virus and two fundamental questions. Briand S, Fukuda K. J Infect Dis. 2009 June 15; 199 (12 ) :1717 - ninth
  • The pandemic influenza vaccine challenge. Kieny MP, Fukuda K. Vaccine. 2008 September 12, 26 Suppl 4: D3 - fourth
  • 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, Sugar 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 TM, Hinrichsen VL, Meltzer MI, Molinari NA, Schwartz B, Thompson WW, Fukuda K, Lieu TA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct, 12 (10 ) :1548 - 58th
  • Different approaches to influenza vaccination. Fukuda K, Kieny MP. N Engl J Med 2006 Dec 14; 355 ( 24) :2586 - seventh
  • 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 TM; 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 September 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 TM, Cox NJ, Bridges CB; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ( ACIP ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). MMWR RECOMM Rep. 2005 July 29, 54 (RR -8) :1- 40th 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 January 11, 23 ( 8) :1004 - 14th
  • 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 April 14, 49 (RR -3) :1- 38; quiz CE1 - seventh
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