# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/quarraisha-karim
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:44:47.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/quarraisha-karim"
name: "Quarraisha Karim"
slug: "quarraisha-karim"
description: "Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and co-founder and Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA. She is a professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York and Pro-Vice Chancellor for African Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa."
tagline: "South African researcher"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1960-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump