Yuen Kwok-yung

Yuen Kwok-yung
袁國勇
Yuen during a National Health Commission press conference in January 2020
Born (1956-12-30) 30 December 1956 (age 67)
Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Known forResearch on SARS
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Hong Kong

Yuen Kwok-yung GBS JP (Chinese: 袁國勇; born 30 December 1956[1]) is a Hong Kong microbiologist, physician, and surgeon. He is a prolific researcher, with most of his nearly 800 papers (as of December 2020) related to research on novel microbes or emerging infectious diseases. He led a team identifying the SARS coronavirus that caused the SARS pandemic of 2003–04, and traced its genetic origins to wild bats. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he acted as expert adviser to the Hong Kong government.[2]

  1. ^ Cheung, Elizabeth (17 June 2024). "Hong Kong's Yuen Kwok-yung shares his journey to becoming top disease expert in new book". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Health expert inspects markets". news.gov.hk. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.