# Salim Abdool Karim

> South African researcher

**Wikidata**: [Q18161438](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18161438)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Abdool_Karim)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/salim-abdool-karim

## Summary

Salim Abdool Karim was born on July 29, 1960 in Durban. He is an epidemiologist and university teacher[1] who studied at the University of Natal. His professional work spans infectious disease, public health, and lectorship[1].Since 2002 he has been employed by CAPRISA[2]. Among his honors are the Reebok Human Rights Award, Fellowship of the Royal Society of South Africa, the Olusegun Obasanjo Prize, Fellowship of the Royal Society, Fellowship of the African Academy of Sciences, and Membership of the Academy of Science of South Africa, along with two additional awards[3][4].


## References

1. Czech National Authority Database
2. [ORCID Public Data File 2020](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0_rc1/0000-0002-4986-2133/employment/8106355)
3. [Source](https://royalsociety.org/news/2019/04/royal-society-announces-2019-fellows/)
4. [Source](https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/abdool-karim-salim)
5. [Source](https://senseaboutscience.org/activities/maddox-prize-2020/)
6. QnAs with Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim Abdool Karim: Winners of the 2024 Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award
7. Virtual International Authority File
8. IdRef
9. [ORCID Public Data File 2020](https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0_rc1/0000-0002-4986-2133/external-identifiers/1427109)
10. LIBRIS. 2018
11. SciGraph