Dr. Kanta Subbarao is a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases. She received postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH. She was Chief of the Molecular Genetics Section of the Influenza Branch at the CDC before she joined the NIH where she is Chief of the Emerging Respiratory Viruses Section of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID. Dr. Subbarao’s research is focused on newly emerging viral diseases of global importance: pandemic influenza and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The goal of Dr. Subbarao’s influenza program is to generate and evaluate vaccines against potential pandemic strains of influenza.

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