Yong Poovorawan
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Yong Poovorawan
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| Born |
5 November 1950 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Residence | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Alma mater | Chulalongkorn University |
| Known for |
Viral hepatitis H5N1 virology |
| Awards | Mahidol University–B.Braun Prize (2003) Outstanding Researcher Award (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
Pediatric hepatology Virology |
| Institutions | Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University |
Yong Poovorawan (Thai: ยง ภู่วรวรรณ, born 5 November 1950) is a medical professor in pediatric hepatology at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He is widely noted for his research in the fields of pediatric hepatology, viral hepatitis and virology, and is regarded as a subject expert on the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Thailand.
Yong Poovarawan was born on 5 November 1950 in Bangkok, Thailand. The fourth of six children, he is the younger twin brother of Yuen Poovarawan, computer scientist and Vice President of Kasetsart University. As a child, his family moved to Nakhon Pathom, where he attended Phrapathom Witthayalai School. He attended upper-secondary school at Triam Udom Suksa School, and graduated Bachelor of Science in 1972 and Doctor of Medicine in 1974 from Chulalongkorn University.
Yong trained in pediatrics at the Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Medicine and completed board certification by the Medical Council of Thailand in 1978. He was subsequently accepted as a faculty member, and received a research fellowship grant at the hepatology department at King's College Hospital Medical School during 1983–84.
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