Linda Saif
Appearance
Linda Saif | |
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Spouse | Mo Saif |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Agriculture |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | College of Wooster (B.A. 1969) Ohio State University (M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1976)[1] |
Influences | Dr. Edward Bohl[2] |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Ohio State University |
Main interests | biologist |
Notable ideas | virology, immunology |
Linda J. Saif[3] is an American microbial scientist who works at Ohio State University. In 2015, she became the first female recipient of the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for her research in virology and immunology.[4][5]
Saif is a Fulbright scholar[6] and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[7] In 2003, she studied the SARS coronavirus outbreak with the World Health Organization.[6]
Saif is married to immunologist Dr. Mo Saif, Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and Emeritus Program Head of the Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University.[6]
References
- ^ "Linda Saif - College of Veterinary Medicine". vet.osu.edu.
- ^ "Ohio State Researcher Elected To National Academy Of Sciences". osu.edu. 5 May 2003.
- ^ "Linda Saif elected to National Academy of Inventors - CFAES". cfaes.osu.edu.
- ^ "Rivlin, Bennett present 'Israel's Nobel Prize' to eight US scientists and artists". Jerusalem Post. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Linda Saif wins prestigious Wolf Prize in Agriculture". Food Animal Health Research Program, The Ohio State University. 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Wheeler, Tracy (22 April 2005). "Ohio scientists study animals to learn how to protect humans". Akron Beacon Journal – via HighBeam (subscription required) . Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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(help) - ^ "About the PNAS Member Editor". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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- Wolf Prize in Agriculture laureates
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- 20th-century American scientists
- 21st-century American scientists
- 20th-century women scientists
- 21st-century women scientists
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science