Yuen Kwok-Yung

Institution
University of Hong Kong

Country
Hong Kong

Field
Life Sciences

Yuen, alongside Peiris, was co-awarded the 2021 Life Science Prize for their seminal contributions to public understanding of emerging infectious diseases, including SARS in 2003 and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

(Photo: University of Hong Kong)

AWARDS
  • 2021 Life Science Prize Laureate

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