David Ho is widely known as Taiwanese American medical doctor and researcher. He has given 20 years of his life for researching HIV AIDS and sacrifice considerable efforts to develop a vaccine to stop the spread of AIDS worldwide.

He was recognized with numerous awards and honors due to his effort for medical science.

More About David Ho

After graduation, he began to research on the AIDS virus at Massachusetts General Hospital. He proved that once an AIDS virus enters the body, it reproduces itself in massive quantities. While Ho’s research team is working for the development of vaccines for AIDS, AIDS was first identifying in 1981. David has spent most of his time focusing on the diagnosis and management of AIDS patients.

Moreover, he has recognized with different honors and awards for his scientific achievement including the Presidential Citizens Medal in 2001. Time Magazine also honored David with the Man of the Year in 1996.

Likewise, he is more focus on research to find a cure for HIV AIDS. His ultimate goal is to find the vaccine and his team are still working the for the vaccine to prevent HIV AIDS. Ho was the fourth scientist to identify the cause of AIDS.

Ho spread awareness and conducts his research as director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center.

David Ho Interesting Career

David Ho, an AIDS researcher, was born on 3 November 1952, in Taichung, Taiwan. His father Paul was a translator in China for U.S troops during World War II. He moved to California with his mother Sonia and younger brother Philip to unite the estranged family. He belongs to Asian ethnicity. During his childhood he mostly spent his free time doing creative works in his family garage, he was following the family tradition.

David completed his graduation from California Institute of Technology with Bachelor of Science in physics in 1974. While Ho's was interested in the area of molecular biology and he completed his medical degree from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology.

Moreover, He has been engaged in AIDs research from past 20 years. He was Taiwanese immigrant with no English and named in Time Magazine’s honors with various awards. David is the most recognized person in the medical science due to his outstanding effort; he is famous for his work which has given a new dimension for medical field by finding HIV AIDS. While talking about his significant net worth has not been confirmed he might earn the enormous amount of earnings due to his dynamic work.

Doctor Ho’s Personal Life

David Ho is married to artist Susan Kuo. David and his wife have three children named daughter Kathryn, Jaclyn and son named Jonathan. While talking about his personal life he is pretty much secretive towards his private life. Not more known about his personal life background he has not disclosed much about his married life.

Similarly, there is no much information available regarding his love life, and he likes to keep things under the wrap.