Glenda E. Gray
Biography
Professor Glenda E. Gray is the Director of the Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI) at Wits. She was the first female President and CEO of the SAMRC, where she led the scientific strategy and prioritization of medical research in South Africa. She is the Co-PI of the international NIH-funded HIV Vaccines Clinical Trials Network and leads the BRILLIANT
Consortium, focused on HIV vaccine discovery and development in Africa.
She is the Chair of the board of the Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership and serves as a board member of the National Research Foundation and is a member of the UCT council. She is a member of the South African Academy of Science, the African Academy of Science, the World Academy of Science and the US National Academy of Medicine. She received South Africa’s highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe the Nelson Mandela Health and Human Rights Award for her pioneering research in preventing paediatric HIV. She has been named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and Forbes top 50 women in Africa in recognition of her research in HIV. She received DSc (honoris causa Simon Fraser University), DSc (honoris causa Stellenbosch University), and LLD (honoris causa Rhodes University).
She is the Chair of the board of the Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership and serves as a board member of the National Research Foundation and is a member of the UCT council. She is a member of the South African Academy of Science, the African Academy of Science, the World Academy of Science and the US National Academy of Medicine. She received South Africa’s highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe the Nelson Mandela Health and Human Rights Award for her pioneering research in preventing paediatric HIV. She has been named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World and Forbes top 50 women in Africa in recognition of her research in HIV. She received DSc (honoris causa Simon Fraser University), DSc (honoris causa Stellenbosch University), and LLD (honoris causa Rhodes University).