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Webster, Robert G. was born on July 5, 1932 in Balclutha, New Zealand.
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Robert G. Webster
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Robert G. Webster, New Zealand, American virologist, educator. Achievements include research in the emergence and control of influenza; research in viral immunology; discovery of link between human and avian influenza viruses. Named a Research Leader within Science American 50, 2005; recipient Bristol-Meyers Squibb award, 2002, Distinguished Biotechnologist of Year award, New Zealand Biotechnology Association, 2006.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Otago University, New Zealand, 1955. Master of Science, Otago University, New Zealand, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, 1962.
Career
Virologist New Zealand Department Agriculture, 1958—1959. Postdoctoral fellow (Fulbright scholar) department epidemiology University Michigan School Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1962—1963. Research fellow department microbiology Australian National University John Curtain Medical School, Canberra, 1964—1966, fellow department microbiology, 1966—1967.
Associate professor department microbiology University Tennessee Medical Units, Memphis, 1968—1974. Professor department microbiology University Tennessee Center Health Sciences, 1974—1978, professor departments microbiology and immunology, 1978—1985. Rose Marie Thomas chair department virology and molecular biology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, since 1988.
Associate member laboratory immunology St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, 1968—1969, member laboratories virology and immunology, 1969—1975, member division virology, 1975—1978, member departments virology and molecular biology, 1978—1988. Fogarty international senior fellow National Institute Medical Research, Medical Research Council, London, 1978—1979. Director World Health Organization Collaborating Center Studies on the Ecology of Influenza Viruses in Lower Animals and Birds.
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Membership
Fellow: Royal Society Medicine, Royal Society, London, Royal Society, New Zealand (honorary). Member: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Virology, American Society Microbiol., National Academy of Sciences.
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Nationality
New Zealand American
Education
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1955
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1957
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1962
Career
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1958 - 1959
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1962 - 1963
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1964 - 1966
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1968 - 1974
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1988
Awards
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Named a Research Leader within Science American 50, 2005. Recipient Bristol-Meyers Squibb award, 2002, Distinguished Biotechnologist of Year award, New Zealand Biotechnology Association, 2006.Named a Research Leader within Science American 50, 2005. Recipient Bristol-Meyers Squibb award, 2002, Distinguished Biotechnologist of Year award, New Zealand Biotechnology Association, 2006.