| Name of AAPI | Dr. David Ho 何大一 |
| What is the person’s Asian heritage or ethnicity? | Chinese American |
| Area of Influence | Medical Researcher |
| Date of birth or time period | 3-Nov-52 |
| How did this individual make a contribution to their field or to society/culture at large? | Dr. David Ho is known for an HIV/AIDS researcher, physician, and a virologist who has made a number of scientific contributions to the understanding and treatment of HIV/AIDS infection. |
| Why did you choose this person? What about their story speaks to you? | I chose Dr. David Ho because he is very incredible by making the difficult and deadly disease of HIV/AIDS into a manageable disease. The red spots patients get when they have HIV/AIDS give me anxiety! |
| How does this person inspire you? | Dr. David Ho inspires me because he amazingly transformed the deadly and difficult disease into a manageable disease and saved a lot of people’s lives. When I grow up, I also want to be like Dr. David Ho and save a lot of people’s lives. |
| What surprised you as you were learning about this person? | Learning about Dr. David Ho surprised me because of how incredible he has been solving the case of the deadly disease HIV/AIDS. |
| Resources to share if others want to learn more (optional)–list websites, books, or other resources you used to learn about the person | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ho https://www.amfar.org/articles/around-the-world/treatasia/older/an-interview-with-dr–david-ho%E2%80%94hiv/aids-experience-propels-sars-research-effort/ https://kids.kiddle.co/David_Ho_(scientist) |
| Submitted by | Angelina Ding |
| Age | 8 |
| City, State | Lexington |