Carolyn Williamson is a South African virologist and microbiologist who is a professor of medical virology at the University of Cape Town. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa [1] and the African Academy of Sciences, [2] and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. [3] [4] [5] Her research focuses on HIV vaccine development and prevention of the disease. [4]
Williamson earned her PhD from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Cape Town in 1988. [3]