RSSAf Medal Winners for 2014 Announced
John F. W. Herschel Medal
in recognition of Highly Distinguished Multidisciplinary Contributions
to the furtherance of Science, to :
Professor Salim Abdool Karim FRSSAf
Director of CAPRISA – Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, President of the South African Medical Research Council and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal karims1@ukzn.ac.za
The award is made for Professor Abdool Karim’s exceptional multidisciplinary contribution to science in South Africa and marked global impact in the fight against AIDS. Few researchers in Africa, or globally, have been as influential and have had impact of such major consequence on both HIV prevention and treatment.
Meiring Naude Medal
in recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the furtherance of Science
by scientists under the age of 35, to :
Dr Thomas Jens Scriba
Deputy Director Immunology, Executive Committee Member and Academic Team Leader, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town thomas.scriba@uct.ac.za
The award is made for Dr Scriba’s very impressive work in the field of tuberculosis immunology and TB vaccines.