Professor Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris
Chair Professor and Director, Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong
Professor Peiris is a clinical and public health virologist with a particular interest in emerging virus disease at the animal-human interface including influenza, coronaviruses and others. His current research encompasses the pathogenesis, innate immune responses, transmission, ecology and epidemiology of human and animal (poultry, swine, wild birds) influenza viruses.