Dr. Bekker courtesy of The Lancet
This February, our own Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker picked up more international attention in the latest issue of The Lancet.
"Linda-Gail Bekker: Confronting the TB/HIV co-infection epidemic"
By Kelly Morris, The Lancet Volume 375, 13 February 2010
As chief operating officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation and a researcher at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, award-winning scientist Linda-Gail Bekker describes herself as a "frustrated social worker". Her research on tracking the changes in tuberculosis (TB) epidemiology within the HIV epidemic won her the 2009 Royal Society Pfizer Award. But, delivery of screening and care in hard-hit areas of Cape Town is also a passion.
Read more at The Lancet.com >>
