James Wai Kuo Shih, Ph. D

Affiliation : School of Public Health, Xiamen University

                   Xiamen Innovax Biotech Co., Ltd. 

Title: Professor Emeritus and Senior Consultant

Biography：

James Wai Kuo Shih is a Senior Advisor at the Xiamen Innovax Biotech for the past 3 years and a Professor Emeritus of Microbiology of the School of Public Health, Xiamen University. Prior to being in Xiamen, he served as Senior Principle Investigator and Supervisor of the Transfusion Transmitted Virus Lab at the Magnuson Clinical Center of National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA for more than 25 years.  His earlier career included academia as Associate Professor at the Georgetown University, Washington D.C. and regulator as Supervisory Microbiologist at the Hepatitis Branch, Blood and Blood Products Division, CBER, US FDA.  Most of his scientific interest is associated with the development and the understanding of the human hepatitis viruses and their prevention.  He has extensive experience in development and clinical evaluation of serological and molecular diagnostics in infectious diseases.   He participated and managed active research programs in the development and evaluation of vaccines against hepatitis B and hepatitis C.   He has broad knowledge and experience with the blood safety issues.  He received his Ph. D. in Microbiology from Vanderbilt University, TN, USA in 1970.