Kim_Green_(virologist)

Kim Green (virologist)

Kim Green (virologist)

American virologist

Kim Yarbrough Green (born 1955) is an American virologist. She is chief of the caliciviruses section in the laboratory of infectious diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. She researches noroviruses in human disease, disease prevention, and control strategies.

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Education

Green earned her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the department of microbiology and immunology.[1] Her dissertation is titled Characterization of rubella virus antigen.[2]

Career

In 1986, Green joined the laboratory of infectious diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Green is chief of the caliciviruses section.[1]

She is a member of the American Society for Virology, American Society for Microbiology and the Caliciviridae study group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.[1]

Research

Green's research has focused on the study of viruses associated with gastroenteritis. Her research program has addressed the role of noroviruses in human disease, with an emphasis on the development of prevention and control strategies.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Kim Green, Ph.D. | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases". www.niaid.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. [2]
    Green, Kim Yarbrough (1986). Characterization of rubella virus antigen (Thesis). OCLC 35454280.
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