Professor Adeeba Kamarulzaman is the President & Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University Malaysia.  Prior to this appointment, she was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya and continues as an Honorary Professor at UM and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale University, USA. 

Professor Kamarulzaman is a passionate advocate for HIV prevention, treatment and care programs in key populations and serves as Chairman of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation and immediate Past President of the International AIDS Society. She is also the founding Chair of ROSE Foundation, an organization that is committed to eliminating cervical cancer in Malaysia and regionally. 

At the international level, Professor Kamarulzaman has been an advisor to numerous WHO, UNAIDS and UNODC committees on HIV/AIDS. 

She is presently Vice Chair of WHO’s Science Council and is a member of two high level Global Councils; the Global Commission on Drug Policy and Global Council on Inequalities, HIV and Pandemics. Her achievements have been recognised  through several national and international awards including as two time recipient of the prestigious Merdeka Award and in April 2015 she was honored with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) from her alma mater, Monash University for her role as a health advocate and contributions to medicine.