YOSHIKAZU WATANABE, Diplomat, Official. Leader, InterReg Cholera Control Team, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization. American Society for Microbiology; Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London.
Education
Pre Med College, Keio University, 1936-1939. School of Medicine, Keio University, 1939-1943, Doctor of Medicine. Kitasato Institute, Institution, 1949-1952, Doctor of Philosophy.
Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Med Branch, 1959-1963, Post-Doctoral Immunology, Epidemiology. Spoken languages: Japanese, English, German.
Career
Leader, InterReg Cholera Control Team, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization since 1971. Associate Professor, Department Microbiology, University of Texas, 1966-1970. Medical Officer, Bacterial Diseases, World Health Organization, 1964-1966.
Chief, Division of Biologic Standardization & Division of New Development of Biologic Products, Kitasato Institute, Institution for Infectious Diseases, Adviser, Immunology Department of Bacteriology, United States Army Center, Japan, 1955-1958. Chief, Division Bacterial Toxin Production, Kitasato Institute, Institution, 1952-1955. Sub Chief, Division Immunology, Kitasato Institute, Institution, 1944-1952.
Clinical Assistant, Kitasato Hospital for Infectious Diseases, 1949-1952.
Membership
American Society for Microbiology. Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London.