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Japanese government honors 1952 graduate
Richard M. Krause
Richard M. Krause ’52 received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, from the government of Japan in November, recognizing exceptional civil merit and service to the country. Dr. Krause is senior scientific adviser at the National Institute of Health’s Fogarty International Center, Division of Advanced Studies and Policy Analysis, and is a former director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Since 1965, the NIAID has administered the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, one of several ways in which the NIH cooperates with Japanese counterpart organizations to better understand diseases and prevent or mitigate the effects of them. In 2004, Dr. Krause led the newly established Regional Emerging Disease Intervention Centre in Singapore for several months until a permanent director could be found. The center, jointly sponsored by the Singapore Ministry of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, facilitates training in outbreak investigations and fosters collaboration in research. Dr. Krause received an honorary degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2003 and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater’s Medical Alumni Association in 1982. |
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