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DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by the ºÚÁÏÍø School of Population and Global Health\
 , the ºÚÁÏÍø Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity\, and 
 the Mark Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases\, with support from the Facult
 y of Medicine and Health Sciences\, this special Holmes Lecture will be de
 livered by Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim\, Honorary Doctorate recipien
 t at ºÚÁÏÍø’s 2025 Spring Convocation.  \n\n\n	\n		Quarraisha Abdool Karim\, 
 PhD \n	\n\n	John C. Martin Chair in Global Health\, CAPRISA\n		Professor\, Cli
 nical Epidemiology\, Columbia University\n		Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health Scie
 nces)  University of KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa\n		President:  The World A
 cademy of Sciences \n\n\n\n	US cuts to HIV programs: what is the path for e
 nding AIDS in Africa? \n\n	WHEN: Monday\, May 26\, 2025\, at 4:30 p.m.  \n		W
 HERE: Palmer Amphitheatre\, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building (3655 Prome
 nade Sir-William-Osler\, Montreal) \n\n	Holmes Lecture Registration\n\n	Spea
 ker Bio:  \n\n	Quarraisha Abdool Karim\, PhD\, a South African epidemiologi
 st\, has made seminal contributions to AIDS research that has highlighted 
 the disproportionate burden of HIV in young women in Africa. Her work has 
 demonstrated that antiretrovirals prevent sexually transmitted HIV infecti
 on and genital herpes in women which has informed international and nation
 al guidelines on HIV prevention. She is co-founder\, Associate Scientific 
 Director and John C. Martin Chair in Global Health at CAPRISA (Centre for 
 the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa)\; Professor in Clinical Ep
 idemiology at Columbia University\; and Pro Vice-Chancellor\, College for 
 Health Sciences\, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. \n\n	She serves on se
 veral international advisory committees on HIV\, sexual reproductive healt
 h and sustainable development. She is on the editorial board of several jo
 urnals and continues to enhance the science base in the Global South.  She
  is currently President of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and is an 
 elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine\, and American Acade
 my of Arts and Sciences. She is Fellow of the International Science Counci
 l\, African Academy of Sciences (AAS)\, Academy of Science of South Africa
  and the Royal Society of South Africa. She is the recipient of over 40 di
 stinguished awards\, including the TWAS-Lenovo Apex Award\; Hideyo Noguchi
  Africa Prize\; VinFuture Developing Country Innovator Award\; John Dirks 
 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award\; and the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Serv
 ice Award. \n\n
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LOCATION:Palmer Amphitheatre\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montre
 al\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:2025 Holmes Lecture: Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim: US cuts to HIV 
 programs: what is the path for ending AIDS in Africa?
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