George F. Gao

George F. Gao reminds me how much of our safety rests on minds we rarely see. An Oxford-trained virologist and immunologist from Ying County, he led China's Center for Disease Control from 2017 to 2022, putting him squarely on the front line of a global pandemic. The Nikkei Asia Prize, the TWAS Prize, and his AAAS fellowship all speak to genuine scientific stature. There is nothing flashy about wrestling daily with invisible pathogens to protect humanity, and that is exactly why I respect it so much. Researchers like him do the heavy, thankless work, and they have my sincere admiration.

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Name (English)

George F. Gao

Name (Japanese)

高福

Reading

こう・ふく

Born

November 15, 1961 (age 64)

Origin

Ying County, People's Republic of China

Occupation

immunologist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Ox

University

University of Oxford

Awards & achievements

• 2017 Associate Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
• 2014 Nikkei Asia Prize
• 2012 TWAS Prize for Medical Sciences
• 2016 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20F.%20Gao
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AB%98%E7%A6%8F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16260071

Tags

• Ying County
• immunologist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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