Professor Linhua Tang

Linhua Tang is Professor and Former Director, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He obtained his M.D from Harbin Medical University, China and his M.Sc, (Trop. Med) from the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.

Professor Tang has served as advisor to the National Steering Committee on Malaria Elimination Program in China (2010 - ) and Chairman of the Expert Advisory Committee on Malaria for the Ministry of Health of China (1997- 2010). Prior to that, he was Director of WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis in China (2002-2010), and Chief Editor of Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases (2004 - ).

He has over 30 years of experience in both malaria research and field control, and has wide knowledge on malaria control and elimination at national and international levels. His main research is epidemiology, clinical treatment and drug efficacy of malaria.

Professor Tang has performed temporary consultancies for the WHO and has been involved in global malaria control and elimination. He was the member of Task Force for Improved Use of Antimalarial Drugs; International Task Force member on artemisinin resistance containment in South East Asia; member of the malERA International Advisory Committee, among others. Professor Tang provides consultancy and research experience in cooperation of malaria control and elimination, mainly for the sub-Mekong regions. He has contributed to more than 225 peer-reviewed publications.