Salim Abdool Karim

Salim S. Abdool Karim, FRS, is a clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist widely recognized for scientific contributions in HIV and Covid-19. He is the Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) in Durban, South Africa and CAPRISA Professor of Global Health at Columbia University. He serves as Special Advisor on pandemics to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation. He is an Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard University, Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Cornell University and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He previously served as President of the South African Medical Research Council. His clinical research on TB-HIV treatment has shaped international guidelines on the clinical management of co-infected patients. He co-led the CAPRISA 004 trial that provided proof-of-concept for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - that antiretrovirals can prevent sexually transmitt