Sir Alimuddin is being awarded the 2020 Mahathir Science Award in recognition of his exceptional, globally-acknowledged, health-policy relevant research, capacity development and advocacy contributions to the understanding of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and control of Tuberculosis, other respiratory tract infections and emerging pathogens with epidemic potential.
Full name: Professor Dr Rita Colwell Date of Birth: 23 November 1934 Affiliations (at the time of the award): Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland, USA Field: Marine Microbiology/Bacteriology/ Oceanography/Genetics Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: Professor Dr Rita Colwell is being considered for the 2015 Mahathir Science…
Full name: Professor Alan Cowman Date of Birth: 27 December 1954 Affiliations (at the time of the award): Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Field: Parasitology/Cell Biology Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: Professor Alan Cowman is being considered for the 2013 Mahathir Science Award in recognition of…
Full name: PROFESSOR JOSEPH SRIYAL MALIK PEIRIS Date of Birth: 10 November 1949 Affiliations (at the time of the award): Chair Professor of Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong Field: Microbiology Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: This award is conferred as recognition for his discovery of…
Full name: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia Date of Birth: 1964 Affiliations (at the time of the award): – Field: Medical and Health Sciences Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: The Academy of Sciences Malaysia decided to confer the Mahathir Science Award 2006 to the Faculty…
Full name: Professor Dr. John Sheppard Mackenzie Date of Birth: Affiliations (at the time of the award): Premier’s Fellow and Professor of Tropical Infectious Diseases at the Division of Health Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Field: Tropical Infectious Disease Summary of body of work recognised by MSA: Through continued…