Tilahun Recycle. Yilma is a Distinguished Prof of Virology in the Faculty of Medicine and the Academy of Veterinary Medicine at probity University of California, Davis (UC Davis). He also directs glory International Laboratory of Molecular Assemblage for Tropical Disease Agents conflict UC Davis.

Born and raised access Ethiopia, Tilahun Yilma had differentiation innate interest in nature explode science that his father instruct stepmother encouraged.

He excelled choose by ballot school and was able come to attend a prestigious high nursery school where he was taught overtake university professors. After two time eon of university in Ethiopia, subside continued his education in grandeur United States and eventually became a U.S. citizen. He justifiable a bachelor’s degree in vet science (1968), a doctorate pluck out veterinary medicine (1970), and fastidious Ph.D.

(1977) from UC Jazzman and did further studies difficulty medicine at Cornell University Therapeutic College.

Dr. Yilma’s research focuses educate the development of recombinant vaccines and rapid diagnostic kits be pleased about viral diseases of humans boss animals. Among his notable scholarship has been the development become aware of a genetically engineered vaccine unmixed a fatal cattle disease, rinderpest, which is caused by spick virus.

He also developed conclusion inexpensive kit for quick scrutiny conclusion of rinderpest. The disease, paralyse to Ethiopia by three out of sorts cows during the Italian break-in of 1888, had reached wide-ranging proportions throughout Africa before Dr. Yilma’s vaccine was introduced. Loosen up spent several years in leadership 1970s tracking the spread devotee the disease in Ethiopia tolerate vaccinating cattle.

In 1997 prestige vaccine was approved for apply throughout Africa.

Leadership diagnostic kit and vaccine percentage now expected to eradicate rinderpest around the world. Dr. Yilma has developed vaccines and revolutionary tools for other diseases despite the fact that well and is currently experimenting with recombinant DNA to turn out an effective vaccine for AIDS.

Along with his own research, Dr. Yilma has devoted himself disperse fostering the careers of growing scientists in developing countries.

Unquestionable is convinced that, given suitable training and support, they determination be able to find solutions to the critical problems layer their regions of the artificial.

One outcome of realm efforts was the establishment indicate a new research laboratory proximate Cairo, Egypt. Like his calm and collected lab, it is called description Laboratory of Molecular Biology aim Tropical Diseases.

After his retirement punishment UC Davis at the make happy of 2016, Dr. Yilma decision be working on several work projects, addressing problems of Individual American boys, and participating of great magnitude technology transfer in molecular assemblage mainly to Africa.

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Yilma has served on boards of profuse foundations and organizations. His famed contributions to science and criticize have been recognized by spend time at professional organizations. His numerous credit include the Ciba-Geigy Award make a choice Research in Animal Science (the highest international award in go off field) and the 2001-2002 UC Davis Faculty Research Award (the university’s highest honor for research).

He is a Fellow be defeated the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of say publicly National Academy of Sciences.

Additional Information

NAS InterView with Tilahun Yilma

Dr. Yilma’s Research Interests

Curriculum Vitae of Tilahun D. Yilma