Background
Omi, Shigeru was born in 1949 in Tokyo.
health science association administrator
Omi, Shigeru was born in 1949 in Tokyo.
Studied Law, Keio University, Japan, 1969—1971. Doctor of Medicine, Jichi Medical School, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Jichi Medical School, 1990.
Medical officer Bureau Public Health Tokyo Metropolitan Governor, 1978—1987. Research on molecular biology of hepatitis B virus, division immunology Jichi Medical School, Japan, 1987, professor public health Japan, 1998—1999. Deputy director, Office Medical Guidance and Inspection, Bureau Health Insurance Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan, 1989—1990.
Joined as Responsible Officer Expanded Programme Immunization (Epidemiology) World Health Organization, 1990—1995, head Western Pacific Region’s Poliomyelitis Eradication Task Force, director, Division Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, 1995—1998, regional director Western Pacific, since 1999.
Married; 2 children.