Dr Mwaba 2005 recipient of Chalmers Medal
Dr Mwaba recieves Chalmers Award
On the 16th June 2005, in the heart of London, The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene awarded Dr Peter Mwaba the Chalmers Medal.
The medal is awarded each year in recognition of research contributing to the knowledge of tropical medicine or tropical hygiene. And Dr Mwaba's contribution towards research into HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria did merit the receipt of such a prestigious award.
First (or 2nd!) African......
This was the first time that the medal was awarded to an indigenous African. But Dr Mwaba wants to think of himself as the second African to be presented with the medal after Professor Zumla.
Dr Mwaba's presentation during the occasion was outstanding (an aspect duly noted by the Royal Society), bringing to light a stark realisation of the current burden HIV in particular has on medicine in Zambia.
To watch the video of the presentation or the pictures, click on the appropriate link in the left column
About Chalmer
Dr. Albert John Chalmers, MD, FRCS, DPH was born in Manchester in 1870 and began his distinguished tropical career in Ghana where he worked from 1897 to 1901. For the next ten years he served in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), afterwards becoming a Holt Fellow of University College, Liverpool. From 1913 to 1920 he was Director of the Wellcome Research Laboratories in the Sudan. He died in Calcutta on 5th April 1920. He was an investigator who took a great interest in the work of younger men and women, being always ready to give them help and encouragement. On this account, the Chalmers medal is awarded only to those 46 years of age or under.
www.rstmh.org/medals
