Professor Ning Xiao
Deputy Director National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China Centers for Disease Control Beijing People’s Republic of China
Biography
Dr. Ning XIAO is Deputy Director, Professor of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention based in Shanghai, China.
He got his PhD in parasitology in the Asahikawa Medical University, Japan.
Dr Xiao works as one of national program managers on parasitic diseases control in China, with a focus on echinococcosis and malaria. He identified a new Echinococcus species in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in 2005. He actively participates in the global health and is currently coordinating two international cooperative projects.