Quarraisha Karim
South African researcher · South Africa · Academics · Born 1960 · age 66
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Something wrong?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.
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2025Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2024Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service AwardAward2020Canada Gairdner Global Health AwardAward2016L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in ScienceAward2014Fellow of the Royal Society of South AfricaAwardOrder of Mapungubwe in BronzeAward2012TWAS Prize for Medical SciencesAward2011Fellow of the African Academy of SciencesAwardOlusegun Obasanjo PrizeAward1960Born20 March 1960
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Spouse: Salim Abdool KarimAbout this person
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South Africa
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66
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