Dr. Akira Endo discovered the first anticholesterol statin called compactin (previously known as ML-236B), which he isolated from the fungus Penicillium citrinum in 1976. Dr. Endo studied over 6,000 types of fungi before he found one that reduced the amount of cholesterol in the blood, which he named ML-236B. It was able to block the […]
Dr. Jim Yong Kim was the leader to promote universal access to anti-retrovirals while serving as Director of the WHOs HIV/AIDS Department. After launching the 3 by 5 initiative to support HIV/AIDS patients in low- and middle-income countries receiving Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART), he managed to help 3 million patients to receive this therapy […]
Prof. Peter Piot began his study on HIV/AIDS epidemiology in 1980 while working on Project SIDA, the first AIDS research project in Africa. He then joined the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Program on AIDS in 1992 and later served as the first Executive Director of UNAIDS between 1994 2008. He has played a […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci has made influential contributions to the understanding of how HIV destroys the bodys defenses, leading to the progression to AIDS. His discovery demonstrating that HIV replicates extensively in lymph nodes during the early asymptomatic phase and continuously destroys CD4+ T lymphocytes, which leads to the deterioration of the immune system. Dr. Fauci […]
Dr. David D. Ho is a leader in HIV/AIDS research who pioneered the highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) treatment for HIV-infected patients. His work is based on the study of the dynamics of HIV replication which was active even during the asymptomatic phase, leading to better understanding of the mechanisms of HIV infection and a […]
Dr.Uche Veronica Amazigo Former Director, African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), World Health Organization (WHO), Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Uche Veronica Amazigo is considered a leading figure in the introduction and application of community-directed treatment and control of important diseases. She developed a model that made it possible for community members to play a […]
Sir Michael David Rawlins Founding Chairman, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London President, Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom Sir Michael David Rawlins is considered a pioneer in bringing approaches and practices of scientific and clinical-based evidences to evaluate the efficiency […]
Dr. Ruth F. Bishop is the first person who discovered that diarrhea in children, which occurs in those younger than 6 years old around the world, is caused by Rotavirus. The virus claims about half a million children’s lives every year, especially in low and lower middle income countries in Africa and Asia. In 1973, […]
Professor Aaron T. Beck is the first person who has worked on the method of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to use on patients suffering from depression. He developed CBT in the early 1960s when he was a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania. He researched, developed and tested the efficiency of the method used on […]
Dr. David T. Wong started his study and research in the 1970s and later found fluoxetine, which was the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). It then took about 15 years before the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) approved fluoxetine for marketing as an antidepressant drug under the trade name “Prozac” in January […]
