Yoshihiro Kawaoka (right) and lab technician Barry McClernon oversee an experiment in Kawaoka's laboratory at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. Kawaoka, a professor in the department of pathobiological sciences, is an international authority on influenza. Research in his lab has helped detail why some viruses are more pathogenic than others, and how vaccine production might be improved. Image credit: Michael Forster Rothbart Photo date: October 2005

	Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of pathobiological sciences and a virologist, is an expert on the influenza virus. Image credit: Michael Forster Rothbart Photo date: October 2005
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