page_title: Linda-Gail Bekker
hierarchical_section_title: Linda-Gail Bekker
caption_attribution_description: Fogarty held its 50th anniversary symposium, &quot;What are the new frontiers in global health research?&quot; on May 1, 2018, at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker, professor at the University of Cape Town, shared her personal story of how Fogarty support allowed her to earn her Ph.D. in the U.S., opening “a whole world of discovery.” Symposium agenda and recorded webcast: &lt;a href="https://www.fic.nih.gov/About/50th-anniversary/Pages/50th-anniversary-symposium-agenda.aspx" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.fic.nih.gov/About/50th-anniversary/Pages/50th-anniver...&lt;/a&gt; Credit: Andrew Propp for Fogarty/NIH
context_page_description: Linda-Gail Bekker MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP is a Professor of Medicine and Chief Operating Officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. She is also Director of the Desmund Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town. She is President of the International AIDS Society.
context_section_description: Linda-Gail Bekker MBChB, DTMH, DCH, FCP(SA) is a Professor of Medicine and Chief Operating Officer of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation. She is also Director of the Desmund Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town. She is President of the International AIDS Society.
caption: Bekker speaks at the John E. Fogarty International Center 50th anniversary symposium in 2018
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