Jeffery K. Taubenberger | |
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| Acting Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
| Assumed office April 24, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jeanne Marrazzo |
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| Born | 1961 Landstuhl, Germany |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | virologist |
| Known for | The first to sequence the genome of the influenza virus which caused the 1918 pandemic of Spanish flu. |
Jeffery K. Taubenberger (born 1961 in Landstuhl, Germany) is an American virologist. With Ann Reid, he was the first to sequence the genome of the influenza virus which caused the 1918 pandemic of Spanish flu. He is Chief of the Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution Section, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.[1] Taubenberger's laboratory studies a number of viruses, including influenza A viruses (IAVs), which are the pathogens that cause yearly flu epidemics and have caused periodic pandemics, such as the 1968 outbreak that killed an estimated one million people. His research aims to inform public health strategies on several important aspects of flu: seasonal flu; avian flu, swine flu, and pandemic flu, which can arise from numerous sources and spread quickly because humans have little to no immunity to it.[2] As of April 24, 2025, he was named the acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.[3]
- ^ "Jeffery Taubenberger, M.D., Ph.D., Viral Pathogenesis and Evolution, Infectious Diseases Lab". Archived from the original on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ^ Taubenberger, Jeffrey (April 28, 2009). "NIAID Lab Attacks Flu From Different Directions". National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
- ^ "Researcher of 1918 flu virus takes over NIAID". www.science.org. Retrieved 2025-04-25.