Adeeba Kamarulzaman (Vice-Chair)

Professor Kamarulzaman is Professor of Medicine & Infectious Diseases and was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya (2011-2020) and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale University, USA. She established the Centre of Excellence for Research on AIDS (CERiA) that conducts multi-disciplinary research on HIV ranging from clinical to public health and policy research.

Professor Kamarulzaman graduated from Monash University in 1987 and trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Monash Medical Centre and Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Professor Kamarulzaman is a strong advocate for HIV prevention, treatment and care programs in marginalized communities. She used her clinical and academic leadership to engage in the national and community response to HIV/AIDS. She is currently Chairman of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation and was President of the Malaysian AIDS Council (2006-2010), the peak HIV NGO in Malaysia. She has played a key role in the establishment and ongoing activities and collaborations of a regional HIV research network initiative; TREAT Asia. At the international level, Professor Kamarulzaman is presently President of the International AIDS Society and a member of the UNAIDS Scientific Advisory Group. She has also been an advisor to numerous WHO committees on HIV/AIDS including as Co-Chair of  STAC-HIV and is presently a member of the Quality Committee of the WHO Academy.

Her achievements have been recognized through several national and international awards including the Tun Mahathir Science and the Merdeka Awards for her role as a member of the University of Malaya’s Nipah Investigative Team. She is the first recipient of the Advance Australia Global Award in the category of Alumni in 2012 and in April 2015 she was honored with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from her alma mater, Monash University.