Sir Alimuddin Zumla#
| Membership Number: | 7007 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/6137 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5111-5735 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1994 - current Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London, London, UK.
- 1994 - current Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
- 1992 - 1994 Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Centre at Houston, Texas, USA
- 1988 - 1991 Senior Registrar and Hon Lecturer, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammermsith Hospital, London, UK
- 1987 - 1988 Registrar, Rush Green Hospital, London, UKm
- 1984 - 1987 Beit Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- 1982 - 1984 Registrar, Royal Northern Hospital, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- TB/HIV co-infections
- MERS
- Infectious and tropical diseases
- One-human-animal-environmental-ecosystems-health (one-health)
- Zoonotic infections with epidemic potential
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Poverty-related diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Mass gatherings medicine
- Respiratory tract infections
Honours and Awards
- 2022 SIR PATRICK MANSON MEDAL awarded by the ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE (October 8th 2022). This is the highest distinction accorded by the RSTMH. Sir Zumla is the first non-Caucasian, ethnic minority academic to be ever awarded this prestigious medal in the past 100 years. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/oct/ucl-academic-receives-prestigious-global-health-award
- 2022 UK-NIHR SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD (2017-2026) from the UK Department of Health, National Institute for Health Care and Research, NHS, London, UK. The NIHR Senior Investigators are ‘among the most prominent and prestigious researchers ‘ and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR Faculty. Sir Zumla was awarded this in 2017 and it was renewed in 2022 until 2027
- 2021 THE EDCTP PASCOAL MOCUMBI PRIZE: This prestigious prize is named after Dr Pascoal Mocumbi, the former prime minister of Mozambique, who in 2000, together with European Union countries formed the EU-European and Developing Countries’ Clinical Trials Partnership EDCTP. The Prize is for ‘any individual (scientist, policy maker or advocate) from any part of the world who has made outstanding achievements in health research and advanced capacity development and training in Africa with significant impact on the well-being of the populations of Africa and other developing countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLMqMHDUFw
- 2020 THE MAHATHIR SCIENCE AWARD –TROPICAL SCIENCES - awarded by the MALAYSIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. This award ($100,000.00 + Gold medal + Certificate) is acknowledged as “the most prestigious international award for Tropical Sciences”. https://rstmh.org/news-blog/news/professor-sir-alimuddin-zumla-receives-the-2020-mahathir-science-award, https://www.edctp.org/news/sir-alimuddin-zumla-receives-2020-mahathir-science-award/
- 2018 THE INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TB AND LUNG DISEASES ‘UNION MEDAL’ -This is The Union’s highest honour which is awarded to members who have made outstanding contributions to the control of TB and/or Lung health by their scientific work and/or actions in the field
- 2018 - 2023 CLARIVATE ANNUAL LISTS OF THE WORLD’S MOST HIGHLY CITED AND INFLUENTIAL AUTHORS.
- 2008 - 2023 PLATINUM AWARD - UK National Health Service Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA)- The
- highest award accorded by the UK NHS which has a scale from bronze to platinum.
- 2017 KNIGHTHOOD (KNIGHT BACHELOR) – UK ROYAL QUEEN’S HONOUR - This the United Kingdom’s highest honour conferred by Her Majesty the Queen. This was conferred to Sir Ali Zumla in her Majesty’s June 2017 Birthday Honours List for “Services to Global Public Health and Protect from Infectious Diseases”: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/tb/tb-news-publication/ali-zumla-knighted
- 2016: HONORIS CAUSA DOCTOR OF MEDICINE – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden http://ki.se/en/news/three-new-honorary-doctors-at-karolinska-institutet-2016
- 2016: EU-EDCTP THE MOST OUTSTANDING RESEARCH TEAM AWARD AND TROPHY: awarded by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership Award (EDCTP) http://www.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/investigators/news/university-zambia-university-college-london-medical-school-awarded-outstanding
- 2014 THE DONALD MACKAY MEDAL –ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENEawarded in October, 2014 for ‘outstanding work in tropical public health and infectious diseases related to improvements in health of populations in developing countries’. http://www.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/news/brc-researcher-awarded-work-tropical-health
- 2013 UK TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION PRIZE –FOR THE ‘BEST INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION RECOGNISING EXCEPTIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROJECTS’ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1213/041213-TB-research-project-THE-award-international-collaboration
- 2013 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from the ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH – Presented at the 7th National Health Research Conference in Lusaka, November, 2013. Zambia for exceptional contributions to collaborative research, training and capacity development in sub- Saharan Africa. http://www.uclhospitals.brc.nihr.ac.uk/news/researcher-collects-lifetime-achievement-award
- 2012 ORDER OF THE GRAND COMMANDER OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICES (FIRST DIVISION) – PRESIDENTIAL AWARD from the President of Zambia, His Excellency Dr Michael Sata on October 24th 2012 for exceptional contributions to medicine and science. This is he highest civilian honour accorded by the Zambian government. http://www.ukzambians.co.uk/home/2012/10/27/diaspora-professor-alimuddin-zumla-honoured-by-president-sata
- 2011 KOCHON FOUNDATION PRIZE AND MEDAL -awarded by the WHO /STOP TB Partnership, for significant and documented global achievements in the fields of research, training, education and prevention of tuberculosis”. Selected from nominations received from 200 partner countries and 1,000 NGOs. http://www.stoptb.org/global/awards/kochon/awardees/2011.asp
- 2011 SPINOZA LEERSTOEL AWARD (University of Amsterdam) for “Outstanding research & Capacity development achievements in the global fight against TB and TB/HIV/AIDS”. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1111/11110102-zumla-TB-prizes
- 2005 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - the Zambia Medical Association (Lusaka, Zambia).
- 2003 WINDRUSH AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT –recognizing individuals from ethnic minorities in Britain who have excelled in their field and contributed to well-being of Society. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/alumni/news/alumni_news_issue_25__2003.pdf
- 2000 THE ALBERT CHALMERS MEDAL - THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE & HYGIENE for outstanding research on tropical diseases and tuberculosis. http://www.rstmh.org/awards/medals/list-past-medal-holders
- 1999 WEBER-PARKES TRUST MEDAL AND PRIZE- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON - Awarded for outstanding research on tuberculosis by The Royal College of Physicians (http://rstmh.org/sites/default/files/Vol7No31999.pdf)
- 1987 ALAN WOODRUFF MEDAL – from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
- 1982 FREDERICK MURGATROYD MEDAL - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, UK
