Rwandan Genocide Behind Career in Disease Research

At left, at China Medical University in 1994; at right, in the Shenyang nightclub where he spun records as a DJ to support himself in 1995. (Courtesy of François Niyonsaba)

Rwandan refugees leave camps in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) near Goma to return to their country in 1996. (© AFP/Jiji)

Rwanda

Niyonsaba (third from the left at rear with his arm on his friend’s shoulder) near his high school in 1985. (Courtesy of Francois Niyonsaba.)

Niyonsaba greets residents in Bungwe, Rwanda, in 2011. (Courtesy of François Niyonsaba.)

Niyonsaba lectures students on fighting infectious diseases. (Courtesy of Juntendō University)

“Health issues affect people everywhere,” says Niyonsaba. (© Fujiwara Tomoyuki.)