{"id":3923,"date":"2023-06-30T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2023-06-30T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T10:08:01","slug":"meet-vaccinologist-prof-shabir-madhi-lifetime-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/blog\/meet-vaccinologist-prof-shabir-madhi-lifetime-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Vaccinologist, Prof Shabir Madhi &#8211; Lifetime Award winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1200px;--awb-max-height:675px;--awb-align-self:flex-start;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTv_7WMWQlU?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two text-cap\" style=\"--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;line-height:1.15;\"><p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><strong>Meet Vaccinologist, Prof Shabir Madhi &#8211; Lifetime Award winner<\/strong><\/p><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Lifetime Award went to Professor Shabir Madhi, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences; and Professor: Vaccinology of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He is also Director of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (Wits-VIDA); and Co-Director: African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise, Wits. He won the award for his leadership in research on vaccines against life-threatening diseases in Africa and globally, and he has been at the cutting edge of research in this area since 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\">NSTF Facebook: <\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"><a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGQtUVJPUm1TdTN6NmRkTU5QaTcxeVR6OURtd3xBQ3Jtc0trdjJaU2ZORWlHTGJRRHVwNmpaQUZaNU1XUG42a0ZnNG1QUEhBckpHaE1wb2NVRWhqZUdPYmhKUFhDcG9LN2s3TUdydXJCMVhkc0lSazRzODlsTXA5Uks0SHVURnR4VjZ3aVMzQjYzZzdVdkJVTWo4Zw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNSTFSA%2F&amp;v=LTv_7WMWQlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NSTFSA\/<\/a><\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"> NSTF Twitter: <\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"><a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnBUSmhLLUNHVDhqZ2dMXzY5aEVVZzQ5amdMUXxBQ3Jtc0tta0RXbFgxODZGV2doVUluTnJiZkhPd0RHRENmOWFTX0ZlbndXZmNRSmFWVS1KeWtfbG4zeml4c3pvRkVWeUFISnoxM245aVRFb3VxMjVhbE15YzdmM1ZOQzVTNEN6Z283dm5uVkZUcHhxSkt2UUxfZw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FNSTF_SA&amp;v=LTv_7WMWQlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSTF_SA<\/a><\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"> NSTF Tiktok: <\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"><a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldnSGhnT2VxSFUtUHk4d2FHMmRIdi1mZG9QZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuZTlFTExsbmdKVFZHdjlzd3dQMWx5NUM5T2hrMWNRSGF0QTB4ZjJwZ05WTFF2dDhRTm53TkJBUk9CamM3NTdLM0JkbUJTR2VfWlpUMW9FM3NxampkZG5fdWI0MjNwMkNvV0E4alEwci03Yy1ocndNOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40nstf_sa&amp;v=LTv_7WMWQlU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nstf_sa<\/a><\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"> Instagram: <\/span><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\"><a class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color\" tabindex=\"0\" 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