[EANF-01] Current Findings on Acute Encephalitis via Flavivirus Infection: A form of Zoonosis

[EANF-01-2] Tick-borne encephalitis as a matter of public health

^○Kentaro Yoshii (Laboratory of Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan)

Born September 17, 1977, Osaka, Japan; nationality: Japan

Education
2002-2005: Ph. D.; Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
1996-2002: BSc. D.V.M.; School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan.

Positions and employment
2013-present: Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
2007-2009: Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
2005-2013: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan

Honor
2017: Sugiura Award. The Japanese Society for Virology, Japan
2017: Prize of The Japanese Society of Veterinary Medicine, The Japanese Society of Veterinary Medicine, Japan
2006: Encouraging Prize of Veterinary Medicine, The Japanese Society of Veterinary Medicine, Japan