Professor tilahun yilma biography meaning

Tilahun D. Yilma is a Distinguished Professor of Virology in the School of Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). He also directs the International Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Tropical Disease Agents at UC Davis.

Born and raised in Ethiopia, Tilahun Yilma had an innate interest in nature and science that his father and stepmother encouraged.

He excelled in school and was able to attend a prestigious high school where he was taught by university professors. After two years of university in Ethiopia, he continued his education in the United States and eventually became a U.S.

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He earned a bachelor’s degree in veterinary science (), a doctorate in veterinary medicine (), and a Ph.D. () from UC Davis and did further studies in medicine at Cornell University Medical College.

Dr. Yilma’s research focuses on the development of recombinant vaccines and rapid diagnostic kits for viral diseases of