Gustavo Pedro Kouri

Background

Kouri, Gustavo Pedro was born on January 11, 1936 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Pedro and Mercedes (Flores) Kouri.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Havana University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, National Center for Science Research, Havana, 1973. Doctor of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1990.

Career

Chief virology department, National Center for Science Research, Havana, 1965-1970; deputy director, National Center for Science Research, Havana, 1965-1970; vice-dean medical faculty, Havana U., 1970-1973; vice rector, Havana U., 1973-1976; national director for science, Ministry of Higher Education, Havana, 1976-1978; director general, Tropical Medicine Institute "Pedro Kouri", Havana, since 1979; director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Biological Vector Control, Havana, since 1990. Temporary advisor Pan American and World Health Organization to present. Lecturer in field; consultant in field.

Achievements

• Gustavo Pedro Kouri has been listed as a noteworthy virologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Cuban Academy of Sciences (member de merito, vice president 1996), Real Academia de Medicina y Cirujia de Galicia, Royal Society Tropical Medicine Hygiene, Latin American Federation Tropical Medicine (president 1993-1997), Cuban Society Microbiology and Parasitology (president 1980), Latin American Federation Parasitology (president 1995-1997), Latin American Society Microbiology (president 2000-2002), Council International Society Infectious Diseases.

Connections

Married Lidia Cardella (divorced 1979). Children: Lilliam, Vivian, Gustavo. Married Maria G. Guzman, November 25, 1980.

1 child, Pedro.

Father:

Pedro Kouri

Mother:

Mercedes (Flores) Kouri

Spouse:

Maria G. Guzman

Spouse:

Lidia Cardella

child:

Pedro Kouri

child:

Gustavo Kouri

child:

Lilliam Kouri

child:

Vivian Kouri