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DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted by the 涩里番 School of Population and Global Health\
 , the 涩里番 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 涩里番鈥檚 2025 Spring Convocation.聽聽\n\n\n	\n		Quarraisha Abdool Karim\, 
 PhD聽\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)聽 University of KwaZulu-Natal\, South Africa\n		President:聽 The World A
 cademy of Sciences聽\n\n\n\n	US cuts to HIV programs: what is the path for e
 nding AIDS in Africa?聽\n\n	WHEN: Monday\, May 26\, 2025\, at 4:30 p.m. 聽\n		W
 HERE: 2001 涩里番 College Avenue\, Montreal (Room 1140\, 11th floor)聽\n\n	H
 olmes Lecture Registration\n\n	Speaker Bio:聽聽\n\n	Quarraisha Abdool Karim\, 
 PhD\, a South African epidemiologist\, has made seminal contributions to A
 IDS research that has highlighted the disproportionate burden of HIV in yo
 ung women in Africa. Her work has demonstrated that antiretrovirals preven
 t sexually transmitted HIV infection and genital herpes in women which has
  informed international and national guidelines on HIV prevention. She is 
 co-founder\, Associate Scientific Director and John C. Martin Chair in Glo
 bal Health at CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South 
 Africa)\; Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University\; and 
 Pro Vice-Chancellor\, College for Health Sciences\, at the University of K
 waZulu-Natal.聽\n\n	She serves on several international advisory committees 
 on HIV\, sexual reproductive health and sustainable development. She is on
  the editorial board of several journals and continues to enhance the scie
 nce base in the Global South.聽 She is currently President of The World Aca
 demy of Sciences (TWAS) and is an elected member of the US National Academ
 y of Medicine\, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is Fellow o
 f the International Science Council\, 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 distinguished awards\, including the TWAS-
 Lenovo Apex Award\; Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize\; VinFuture Developing Cou
 ntry Innovator Award\; John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award\; an
 d the Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award.聽\n\n
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LOCATION:Room 1140\, 11th floor\, 涩里番 College 2001\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\
 , H3A 1G1\, 2001\, avenue 涩里番 College
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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