Alimuddin Zumla
Sir Alimuddin Zumla, KBE, FRCP, FRCPath, FRSB (born 15 May 1955) is a British-Zambian professor of infectious diseases and international health at University College London Medical School. He specialises in infectious and tropical diseases, clinical immunology, and internal medicine, with a special interest in HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections (including COVID-19 and Tuberculosis), and diseases of poverty. He is known for his leadership of infectious/tropical diseases research and capacity development activities. He was awarded a Knighthood in the 2017 Queens Birthday Honours list for services to public health and protection from infectious disease. In 2012, he was awarded Zambia's highest civilian honour, the Order of the Grand Commander of Distinguished services - First Division. In 2023, for the sixth consecutive year, Zumla was recognised by Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science as one of the world's top 1% most cited researchers. In 2021 Sir Zumla was elected as Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.
Sir Alimuddin Zumla KBE, FRCP, FRCPath, FRSB | |
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| Born | 15 May 1955 Fort Jameson, Northern Rhodesia |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Zambia London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Royal Postgraduate Medical School University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| Known for | Tuberculosis research Tropical medicine Infectious diseases Mass-gathering medicine COVID-19 research |
| Spouse | Farzana Bhuta |
| Awards | 2022: Manson Medal 2021: EU-EDCTP Pascoal Mocumbi Prize 2020: Mahathir Science Award 2018: The Union Medal 2015: Contribution to World Class Research Award 2014: Donald Mackay Medal 2012: Karolinska Institutet Science Award 2011: WHO Stop TB Partnership, Kochon Foundation Prize and Medal 2000: The Albert Chalmers Medal 1999: Weber-Parkes Trust Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine Tuberculosis Global health |
| Institutions | University College London UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Thesis | Characterisation of human monoclonal antibodies to phenolic glycolipid -1 from patients with leprosy : and production of their anti-idiotypes (1987) |
| Doctoral advisors | Keith McAdam David Isenburg |
| Website | https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=AZUML60 http://www.unza-uclms.org/ |