Founder Director, PANDORA-ID-NET consortium
Co-Principal InvestigatorResearch Interests: Emerging and Re-Emerging infections with epidemic potential, TB, TB/HIV co-infections, coronaviruses (MERS-CoV,SARS-CoV), Tropical Diseases, Poverty-related diseases, Global health advocacy, Host-directed therapies
Sir
Ali is dually qualified in Medicine(MBChB) and Science(PhD). He is accredited
in internal medicine, infectious diseases and clinical immunology. He was born
in Fort Jameson, Zambia (British Northern Rhodesia). As a BEIT Scholar he
completed an MSc in Tropical Medicine(Distinction & Mugratroyd prize) and
PhD(Alan Woodruff Medal) from The London School of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene. After 4 years as senior registrar at the Hammersmith Hospital, RPMS, London,
he spent 3 years as Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Houston, USA,
& Visiting Professor at UTH in Lusaka, Zambia. He joined UCL in 1994 where
he pioneered and championed the discipline of ‘Global Health’ at with
significant effect winning numerous medals, awards and prizes for his effective
global networks for tackling poverty related diseases and zoonotic pathogens
with pandemic potential. He is a lead global advocate for developing fair and
equitable North-South partnerships and ideated and developed the PANSORA-ID-NET
consortium.
Sir Ali is the recipient of the 2020 Mahathir Science Award in Tropical Medicine. Further details of his awards and honours can be found here.