Speaker

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Prof Shih got her bachelor degree in Medical Technology and master degree in Biochemistry from National Taiwan University, and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Rutgers University, USA. She established the Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections at Chang Gung University in 2009, as center director since then. Her team has been studying various aspects of emerging RNA viruses, including identification of viral pathogens during outbreaks, mechanistic studies of pathogenesis, and development of vaccines and antiviral agents.