Salim S. Abdool Karim

Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim, FRS, is a South African clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist recognized for scientific contributions and leadership in AIDS and Covid-19. He is Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), Durban, and CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University, New York. He is adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard University, adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornell University and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is a Commissioner on both the African Union Commission on Covid-19 and the Lancet Commission on Covid-19. He is a member of the WHO TB-HIV Task Force. He is a member of the Science Council of the WHO and Vice-President of the International Science Council. He is member of the US National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Microbiology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award 2020