“WHEREBY, YOU WERE PART OF A RESEARCH TEAM AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), LED BY WORLD RENOWNED PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST PROFESSOR DAN BAROUCH, THAT WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT JOHNSON AND JOHNSON TO DEVELOP THE COVID-19 VACCINE THAT HELPED SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES GLOBALLY. YOU ARE A BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHER WHO OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BIOLOGY/ CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA IN 1993 AND WAS AWARDED A MASTERS DEGREE IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FROM VRIJE UNIVERSITY BRUSSELS, BELGIUM IN 1998. YOU OBTAINED A PHD IN IMMUNOLOGY FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN 2004. UPON COMPLETION, YOU UNDERTOOK A THREE YEAR POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT THE HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BOSTON UNDER THE JOHN E. FOGARTY AIDS INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAMME (AITRP). IN 2007, YOU THEN MOVED TO THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (BIDMC), WHERE YOU HOLD A SENIOR POSITION OF STAFF SCIENTIST IN THE CENTRE FOR VIROLOGY AND VACCINE RESEARCH. YOU HAVE DEVOTED YOUR SCIENTIFIC CAREER TO THE IMMUNOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT INCLUDE HIV, ZIKA, INFLUENZA AND COVID-19 AND APPEAR AS A CO-AUTHOR IN 64 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PUBLISHED IN TOP TIER, PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS. YOU HAVE BEEN A KEY PARTICIPANT IN NUMEROUS RESEARCH TEAMS DEVELOPING VACCINES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND ARE A CO-PATENT HOLDER OF AN HIV VACCINE THAT WAS USED IN 2017 AS PART OF A LARGE CLINICAL TRIAL IN SOUTHERN AFRICA THAT INCLUDED ZAMBIA. YOUR DEDICATION TO RESEARCH AIMED AT DEVELOPING VACCINES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1335 |
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| Gazette Date | — |
| Posthumous | No |
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