Dr Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist, is Associate Scientific Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA). Her contributions in the evolving HIV epidemic in South Africa, HIV prevention in adolescent girls and young women and antiretroviral treatment strategies spans three decades. She is a UNAIDS Special Ambassador of Adolescents and HIV, Pro Vice-Chancellor of African Health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, New York.