Sue Huang

Qiu Sue Huang is a New Zealand virologist, and works at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). She is an expert on influenza and polio viruses, and leads the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance (SHIVERS) programme. In 2025 Huang was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Academic career

Huang completed a PhD titled Development of herpes simplex virus type-1 as an efficient vector for foreign gene expression in the nervous system at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Huang is an expert on influenza and polio viruses. The SHIVERS programme was awarded the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Shorland Medal in 2020.

In March 2025 Huang was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "her innovative and cutting-edge surveillance and research programmes on influenza virus, immunity, and vaccines".

Selected works