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Industry News
ASSAf recognises top South African scientists
The Academy of Science of South Africa
(ASSAf) recognised top South African
scientists at its prestigious annual awards
ceremony in Pretoria on 23 October 2013.
ASSAf annually awards up to two
ASSAf Science-for-Society gold medals for
outstanding achievement in scientific thinking
to the benefit of society. This year, Prof Olive
Shisana was recognised for her contributions
in the campaign to understand and contain
HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Shisana is the chief executive officer of the
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC),
honorary professor at the University of Cape
Town and immediate past-president of the
International Social Science Council. Prior to
this, she served as the HSRC’s executive direc-
tor of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health,
and was previously the executive director of
Family and Community Health, World Health
Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Shisana is an authority in HIV surveillance,
having been a principal investigator for several
second-generation surveillance systems for
HIV. She was one of the founders of the
South African National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, as well as the Maternal
and Child Mortality Surveillance. Her
recurrent national household surveys on HIV/
AIDS prevalence, practices and attitudes have
greatly influenced the HIV/AIDS campaign in
our region. She has served on many national
and international scientific committees and
advisory boards, such the Ministerial Advisory
Committee on National Health Insurance, the
US Institute of Medicine’s Committee on
Methodological Challenges in HIV Prevention
Trials, the Emory University Global Health
Institute Advisory Board, the South African
National AIDS Council and the chair of the
Nelson Mandela’s 46664 Board. She has
recently been appointed to head the South
Africa’s BRICS think tank and is chair of the
Council of BRICS think tanks as well as the
AIDS 2016 global conference South African
co-chair.
Two young scientists were also recognised
for the prestigious AU-TWAS Young
Scientists’ National Awards. These awards
aim to recognise and reward the scientific
achievements of young researchers working
in Africa. The prize in the category Life
and Earth Sciences was awarded to Prof
Landon Myer from the University of Cape
Town. Prof Cornie Scheffer from Stellenbosch
University received the prize in the category
Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation.
The AU-TWAS Prize for Young Scientists
in South Africa is managed by the Academy
of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), on behalf
of its partners, the African Union (AU), The
World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the
South African Department of Science and
Technology (DST). Through this award, the
AU and TWAS jointly recognise and reward
an outstanding scientist in South Africa.
The recipient should be under the age of
40, living and working in South Africa, and
have a record of research publications in
internationally recognised science journals.
The award pertains to the scientific fields of
life and Earth sciences; and basic sciences,
technology and innovation.
Myer is an associate professor in the
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
of the School of Public Health and Family
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