BIOLOGIST

Gita Ramjee

1956 - 2020

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Gita Ramjee (née Parekh; 8 April 1956 – 31 March 2020) was a Ugandan-South African scientist and researcher in HIV prevention. In 2018, she was awarded the ‘Outstanding Female Scientist’ award from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership. She died in uMhlanga, South Africa, from COVID-19 related complications. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gita Ramjee is the 1,078th most popular biologist (up from 1,089th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gita Ramjee ranks 1,078 out of 1,097. Before her are Maurice Kottelat, Susan Lindquist, Suzanne Cory, Steve Jones, Jerry Coyne, and Joan A. Steitz. After her are Peter Dodson, Xu Xing, Huda Zoghbi, Jill Bolte Taylor, George Don, and Ben Barres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Gita Ramjee ranks 704. Before her are Jane Rosenthal, Fred Melamed, Patricia Kalember, Ketil Stokkan, Debbi Morgan, and Jorge Olaechea. After her are Chenjerai Hove, Nikolay Sidorov, Takekazu Suzuki, Terry Date, Dan Stanca, and Kōji Gushiken. Among people deceased in 2020, Gita Ramjee ranks 821. Before her are César Zabala, Bob Armstrong, Linda Manz, Marián Čišovský, Sheila Ingram, and Basu Chatterjee. After her are Rahat Indori, Jagdeep, Dick Garmaker, Pop Smoke, Ezio Bosso, and Mel Winkler.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Gita Ramjee ranks 29 out of 55. Before her are Shekhar Mehta (1945), Phill Lewis (1968), Leo Rwabwogo (1949), Lee Jun-ho (null), John Mugabi (1960), and Amama Mbabazi (1949). After her are David Kato (1964), Irshad Manji (1968), Davis Kamoga (1968), Stephen Kiprotich (1989), Pione Sisto (1995), and Benedicto Kiwanuka (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Uganda

Among biologists born in Uganda, Gita Ramjee ranks 1. 

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