UCT Alan Pifer Award 2014 recognising contributions to the advancement and welfare of disadvantaged communities

Adapted from UCT Today's News 8 April 2015

Emeritus Professor Robin Wood & Professor Linda-Gail Bekker are well-deserved recipients of the UCT Alan Pifer Award2014 award. Professors Wood and Bekker are Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre (DTHC) based in the IDM, & the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation (DTHF).

This annual Vice-Chancellor's award highlights UCT's strategic goal of promoting socially responsive research, and honours UCT researchers whose outreach work has contributed to the advancement and welfare of South Africa's disadvantaged people.

"Their work in the communities of Cape Town work [referring to that of Wood, Bekker and their colleagues at the DSTC and DSTF] has made a difference in the lives of countless South Africans, and their commitment to social justice and responsive research is commendable", said Vice Chancellor Max Price.