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==== Disease and epidemiology ==== [[Salim Yusuf]], an [[India|Indian]] scholar, conducted significant research into heart health and its relationship to developing economies. He observed that shifts in the developing world, particularly dietary changes and increased urbanization, lead to higher incidences of heart attacks and strokes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anzishaprize.org/mentors-judges/yusuf-randera-rees/|title=Celebrating Africa's Youngest Entrepreneurs {{!}} Yusuf Randera-Rees|website=www.anzishaprize.org|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> In [[Zimbabwe]], [[A. Tariro Makadzange]] has researched perinatally infected children with [[HIV]] and HIV-positive adults with [[cryptococcal disease]]. Since graduating from Oxford, she has set up a new infectious disease laboratory at the [[University of Zimbabwe]] in [[Harare]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ragoninstitute.org/makadzange-opens-new-lab-in-zimbabwe/|title=Makadzange Opens New Lab in Zimbabwe|date=2014-06-24|work=Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> Sir [[Alimuddin Zumla]], a British-Zambian, infectious diseases scholar declined an offer to take up the scholarship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=May 2011|title=Editorial introduction|journal=Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine|volume=17|issue=3|pages=vii–viii|doi=10.1097/MCP.0b013e32834619c2|issn=1070-5287|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirby|first=Tony|date=April 2013|title=Alimuddin Zumla: infectious diseases guru and survivor|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=13|issue=4|pages=301|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70045-8|pmid=23531387}}</ref> Decades later, Zumla was recognized by [[Clarivate|Clarivate Analytics]], [[Web of Science]] as one of the world's top 1% most cited researchers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2018-11-30|title=Professor Sir Ali Zumla cited in global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/news/2018/nov/professor-sir-ali-zumla-cited-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Division of Infection and Immunity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2019-11-29|title=Professor Sir Ali Zumla cited in 2019 global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/news/2019/nov/professor-sir-ali-zumla-cited-2019-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Division of Infection and Immunity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2020-11-20|title=UCL academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/nov/ucl-academics-recognised-annual-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=UCL News}}</ref>
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