PHF Science is proud to congratulate Professor Sue Huang for winning the Hercus Medal at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Research Honours.
Awarded every two years, and named after pre-eminent New Zealand public health leader Sir Charles Hercus (who famously took a microscope to Gallipoli), the medal recognises excellence in biomedical and health sciences.
Professor Huang is an exceptionally deserving winner – with contributions as a virologist that have transformed how Aotearoa New Zealand and the world understands, monitors and responds to serious respiratory viruses. Among her many achievements, she is the director of New Zealand’s National Influenza Centre and National Poliovirus Laboratory. She is also the founder and leader of the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance (SHIVERS) programme at PHF Science, producing critical research on virus severity and transmission; informing vaccine policy, international standards and frameworks – and helping determine which strains of influenza make up the vaccination we take each year.
Read more about the latest phase of the SHIVERS programme, and seven ways the programme has changed how the world manages viruses.
Congratulations Professor Huang, and thank you for your extraordinary contributions and leadership, making a difference for us all!