Date: 28 November 2024
Time: 7PM
Presenter: Prof Linda-Gail Bekker
Topic: HIV therapies: A survey of the cutting edge
More about our speaker
Prof Linda-Gail Bekker (MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP (SA), PhD) is the Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, UCT and Chief Executive Officer of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation. She is a physician, scientist and infectious disease specialist. Her research interests include programmatic and action research around antiretroviral roll-out and TB integration, prevention of HIV in women, youth and MSM. Prof Bekker served as President-Elect (2014- 2016) and then President (2016-2018) of the International AIDS Society. She is an A+ rated scientist, and has published >600 peer-reviewed papers.
