University of Natal Columbia University Colleges of Medicine of South Africa University of South Africa
Known for
Scientific and leadership contributions in AIDS and Covid-19
Spouse
Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Children
3
Awards
2023: Honorary Doctorate of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology 2022: 4th Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, Government of Japan VinFuture Special Prize, VinFuture Foundation, Vietnam 2021: UNISA Chancellor’s Calabash Award, University of South Africa Honorary Doctorate: DSc (honoris causa), Rhodes University CPHIA 2021 Lifetime Achievement in Public Health Award, African Union (AU) and Africa CDC 2020: John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, Gairdner Foundation John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science, Sense about Science and Nature 500 years of the Straits of Magellan Award, Government of Chile The Sunday Times Top 100 Honorary Award for contributions to the South African Covid-19 response 2018: Al-Sumait Prize for the Advancement of Science, Amir of Kuwait and the Kuwait Foundation 2017: Lifetime Achievement Award, Institute of Human Virology 2015: African Union’s Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award, Medical Research Council 2014: Honorary doctorate - DSc (Medicine) (honoris causa), University of Cape Town US Science and Technology Pioneers Prize (to the CAPRISA 004 trial team), the US Agency for International Development 2013: John F. W. Herschel Medal, Royal Society of South Africa 2011: Science for Society Gold Medal Award, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) Olusegun Obasanjo Prize, African Academy of Sciences 2009: TWAS Prize, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Scientific career
Fields
Infectious Diseases
Institutions
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
CAPRISA Professor of Global Health, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York.
Fellow of the Royal Society
Member, US National Academy of Medicine
Fellow, International Science Council
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, MMed, MS(Epi), FFPHM, FFPath (Virol), DipData, PhD, DSc(hc), FRS is a South African public health physician, epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic.[1] His scientific contributions have impacted the landscape of HIV prevention and treatment, saving thousands of lives.[2]
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