IAS–USA Congratulates Frank Mugisha and Katelyn Jetelina, 2024 TIME100 Most Influential People

The IAS-USA extends our warm congratulations to Frank Mugisha and Katelyn Jetelina for being recognized as 2024 TIME100 Most Influential People

Frank Mugisha is a Ugandan LGBT advocate and Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda, who has won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize 2011 for his activism. Mr Mugisha is one of the most prominent advocates for LGBT rights in Uganda. He has recently joined the new Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia University as the inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellow.

The IAS–USA was honored to feature Mr Mugisha as the Martin Delaney Lecturer at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), and we applaud his tireless work in support of LGBT rights.

Listen to Mr Mugisha’s Martin Delaney Lecture at CROI 2024: https://www.croiwebcasts.org/console/player/52041?mediaType=slideVideo&Read Mr Mugisha’s TIME100 interview: https://time.com/6964172/frank-mugisha/

Dr Katelyn Jetelina is the author of the Your Local Epidemiologist newsletter, which educates the public about the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic and remains a consistent and accessible source of information about viral diseases.

The IAS–USA was honored to feature Dr Jetelina in a 2023 IAS–USA Dialogue, a program that brings together leading experts to discuss the latest data and research regarding COVID-19 and other urgent viral outbreaks. The IAS–USA salutes Dr Jetelina, who served as a much-needed voice of reason throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to provide a welcome source of knowledge in a world that is fractured with disinformation about infectious diseases.

Listen to Dr Jetelina’s Dialogue here: https://www.iasusa.org/2023/10/19/covid-19-dialogue-del-rio-chin-hong-jetelina-volberding-october-2023/Read Dr Jetelina’s TIME100 interview here: https://time.com/6968394/katelyn-jetelina/