2025 Holmes Lecture: Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim: US cuts to HIV programs: what is the path for ending AIDS in Africa?
Co-hosted by the 51吃瓜网School of Population and Global Health, the , and the , with support from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, this special Holmes Lecture will be delivered by Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Honorary Doctorate recipient at McGill鈥檚 2025 Spring Convocation.聽聽
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD聽
John C. Martin Chair in Global Health, CAPRISA
Professor, Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences)聽 University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
President:聽 The World Academy of Sciences聽
US cuts to HIV programs: what is the path for ending AIDS in Africa?聽
WHEN: Monday, May 26, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. 聽
WHERE: Palmer Amphitheatre, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building (3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Montreal)聽
Speaker Bio:聽聽
Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD, a South African epidemiologist, has made seminal contributions to AIDS research that has highlighted the disproportionate burden of HIV in young women in Africa. Her work has demonstrated that antiretrovirals prevent sexually transmitted HIV infection and genital herpes in women which has informed international and national guidelines on HIV prevention. She is co-founder, Associate Scientific Director and John C. Martin Chair in Global Health at CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa); Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University; and Pro Vice-Chancellor, College for Health Sciences, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.聽
She serves on several international advisory committees on HIV, sexual reproductive health and sustainable development. She is on the editorial board of several journals and continues to enhance the science base in the Global South.聽 She is currently President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is Fellow of the International Science Council, African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Academy of Science of South Africa and the Royal Society of South Africa. She is the recipient of over 40 distinguished awards, including the TWAS-Lenovo Apex Award; Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize; VinFuture Developing Country Innovator Award; John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award; and the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award.聽