Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman is the Pro Vice Chancellor and President of Monash University Malaysia and Honorary Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Universiti Malaya where she was Dean of Medicine (2011 to 2019). Professor Kamarulzaman has played a leading role in the response to the HIV epidemic in Malaysia and globally, is a past president of the International AIDS
Society and member of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and the Pandemics. She is the Chair of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation, Vice Chair of the WHO Science Council and Commissioner of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and played a key role in the establishment and ongoing activities and collaborations of a regional HIV research network initiative; TREAT Asia. ​

Professor Kamarulzaman is a strong advocate for HIV prevention, treatment and care programs particularly amongst vulnerable and marginalized communities. Her achievements have been recognised through several national and international awards including Malaysia’s prestigious Merdeka Awards and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from her alma mater, Monash University for her contributions to medicine and as a health advocate.