Zeng Guang (; born 22 May 1946) is a Chinese epidemiologist who is a chief scientist and doctoral supervisor at the
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese CDC).
He is a member of the High-level Expert Panel of
National Health Commission.
Biography
Zeng was born in 1946 in the
Republic of China
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. After graduating from Hebei Medical College (now
Hebei Medical University), he was in graduate school of
Peking Union Medical College
Peking Union Medical College, also as Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, is a national public medical sciences research institution in Dongcheng, Beijing, Dongcheng, Beijing, China. Originally founded in 1906, it is affiliated with the Nationa ...
, studying for a master's degree in medical science. He was a visiting scholar at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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(CDC) between 1985 and 1986. In 2003, he served as a consultant for the SARS Prevention and Control Headquarters. In a June 2021 interview with
Chinese Communist Party
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-owned tabloid ''
Global Times'', Zeng stated that a
probe into the origins of COVID-19 should shift to the United States.
References
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1946 births
Living people
Hebei Medical University alumni
Peking Union Medical College alumni
Chinese epidemiologists
COVID-19 researchers
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