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Robert Webster, PhD

Emeritus, St. Jude Faculty

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Robert Webster, PhD

St. Jude Childen's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678 United States

Education

MSc – Otago University, New Zealand PhD – Australian National University, Canberra DSc – Otago University, New Zealand

Honors & Awards

  • 2010 Received the Mendel Medal from Villanova University
  • 2010 Received the Leeuwenhoek Medal from The Royal Society of London
  • 2002 Awarded the Twelfth Annual Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Infectious Diseases
  • 1998 National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Honorary)
  • 1989 Fellow of the Royal Society, London

Research Interests

  • The emergence and control of influenza viruses
  • Structure and function of influenza virus proteins
  • Development of novel influenza vaccines and antivirals 
  • Viral immunology

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