Allan Ronald is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba; Visiting Professor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; and founding Board Member, Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa. At U of Manitoba, Dr. Ronald served as Chair, Medical Microbiology from 1976-85 and as Chair, Internal Medicine from 1985- 90. He created an Infectious Disease fellowship program that has trained more than 70 individuals. Dr. Ronald’s research interests include HIV/AIDS, STD’s and UTl’s and he has published 240 peer-reviewed research papers. In 1980 he was invited to assist the University of Nairobi’s Department of Microbiology. This research and training program has identified much of epidemiology of HIV in Africa and over 70 Kenyans have obtained graduate training in Microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases.