Linda-Gail Bekker is chair of the Supervisory Board at the Access to Medicine Foundation. She is the Deputy Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, a research centre within the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town, which aims to develop evidence-based best practices around optimised treatment, prevention and care of HIV, TB, and STIs for all populations including the differentiation and integration of these services within communities. Linda-Gail is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation.
Linda-Gail is an A+ rated physician-scientist and infectious disease specialist, focusing on programmatic and action research around antiretroviral rollout, TB integration, and HIV prevention in populations most affected by HIV, TB and related conditions. She has had a distinguished career as a professor of medicine and is a principal investigator of numerous groundbreaking studies in the field of HIV and TB. She served as President-Elect (2014- 2016) and then President (2016-2018) of the International AIDS Society.
Linda-Gail holds medical degrees and a PhD from the University of Cape Town.