Peter Piot

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Gender	Male
Age	75
Date of birth	February 17,1949
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Born	Leuven
	Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Founded	Joint United Nations Programme On HIV/AIDS
Awards	Vlerick Award
	Prince Mahidol Award
	John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
Official site	lshtm.ac.uk
Spouse	Heidi Larson
Parents	René Piot
Education	University of Antwerp
	Ghent University
Books	No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses
	AIDS Between Science and Politics
	Basic Laboratory Procedures in Clinical Bacteriology: Second Edition
	AIDS in Africa: A Manual for Physicians
Movies/Shows	Unseen Enemy
	The Bloody Truth
Date of Reg.	2019-06-10 00:58:53
Date of Upd.	2023-08-15 03:14:16
ID	783028

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Peter Piot Life story

Sir Peter Karel, Baron Piot, KCMG, FRCP, FFPH, FMedSci is a Belgian-British microbiologist known for his research into Ebola and AIDS. After helping discover the Ebola virus in 1976 and leading efforts to contain the first-ever recorded Ebola epidemic that same year, Piot became a pioneering researcher into AIDS.

Ebola vaccine: Why is a new jab so controversial?

Feb 16,2020 4:58 am

... So what are the concerns, and are they justified? Tried and tested? It has been tested on over 6,000 people and has shown outstanding safety, says Professor Peter Piot, a leading expert on Ebola and director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, which has been involved in evaluating the vaccine developed by pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson...