Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 9/25/2011
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Tu Youyou 屠呦呦
Chief Research Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Traditional Medicines at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Born: 1930
Biography
Tu Youyou, female, Han nationality, was born in 1930.
Tu is a heavily honored scientist who has led several teams in studying atreannuins. In 1992, her by-hydrogen atreannuin project was listed by the State Science Commission as one of the ten science and technology achievements. A similar project in 1997 was rated by the Ministry of Public Health as one of the ten great public health achievements.
The winner of the Albert Einstein World Science Prize from the World Culture Council, Tu is the chief research fellow of the Institute of Chinese Traditional Medicines at the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. At the academy, she tutors doctoral students.
