Awards

2011

Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence
- Columbia University Alumnus Association

President's Award
- Drug Information Association

BHP Billiton Award for "Research leading to Innovation"
- South African National Science & Technology Forum (NSTF)

Distinguished Woman in Science Award in the Life, Natural and Engineering Sciences
- South African government Department of Science and Technology

Medicine Award - Fellowship in Art & Science of Medicine (Gold)  
- South African Medical Association

Outstanding Senior African Scientist Award
- European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnerships

Chancellor's Callabash Award for Outstanding Educator
-  University of South Africa (UNISA)

Inaugural Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Discovery and Technological Innovation
- African Academy of Sciences;

Science-for-Society Gold Medal Award
- Academy of Science in South Africa (ASSAf).

2012

TWAS Prize in Medical Sciences
- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

2013

John F. W. Herschel Medal  
- Royal Society of South Africa

The Union Scientific Prize  
- International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

2014

Order of Mapungubwe
- Presidency of the Republic of South Africa

Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award
- African Union

Annual Service Excellence Award
- KwaZulu-Natal Health

Mayor's Award for Excellence
- eThekwini Municipality

Lifetime Achievement Award
- HIV Congress 2014

Science- for- Society Gold Medal
- Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

TWAS Lenovo Science Prize in Biological Sciences
- The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

Gold Medal Scientific Achievement Award
- South African Medical Research Council (MRC)

2015

African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Scientific Award
- African Union

Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award
- South African Medical Research Council

2016

L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award
- L’Oréal Foundation and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

2017

Lifetime Achievement Awards
- Institute for Human Virology (IHV)