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South african researcher
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Male
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29 July 1960(Durban, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Professor Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim is a South African epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist. At the XVIII International AIDS Conference, 2010 the results of their CAPRISA 004 study led to a standing ovation, an uncommon occurrence at a scientific meeting. He is a father and is married to Quarraisha Abdool Karim whom he has worked with in research. He is a recipient of the TWAS Prize (2008).
Organisations
- fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa
- fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
- fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
- foreign associate of the United States Institute of Medicine,
- fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
- former President of the South African Medical Research Council
- fellow of The World Academy of Sciences