Pontiano Kaleebu elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

PrEPVacc’s Chief Investigator, Professor Pontiano Kaleebu, the Director MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and Director Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has been elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, an independent UK body representing the diversity of medical science.

He is one of 50 new Fellows announced by the Academy, chosen for their exceptional contributions to advancing biomedical science via world-leading research discoveries, running national science communication and engagement programmes and translating scientific advances into benefits for patients and the public. Fellows may use the letters FMedSci after their names.

Professor Kaleebu said of his appointment: “I am greatly honoured to have been elected to the Academy. For nearly 30 years, I have had the opportunity to participate in research of different viral diseases but mostly HIV, studying the virus and the immune responses to contribute to HIV vaccine development and I have participated in many intervention studies, especially HIV vaccine trials. I have been privileged to meet and work with many dedicated scientists without whom I would not have made these contributions.

Read the MRC/UVRI announcement here: https://www.mrcuganda.org/news/prof-kaleebu-elected-fellow-academy-medical-sciences

Read the LSHTM announcement here: https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2020/pontiano-kaleebu-and-helen-weiss-elected-fellows-academy-medical-sciences