Elizabeth L. Corbett

Early life and education Corbett studied natural sciences at the University of Cambridge and graduated in 1985. She remained there for her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and completed her training in 1989. In 1992 Corbett completed her membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) before earning a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 1996. She moved to the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for her postgraduate research where she earned her PhD from the University of London in 2000. Her doctoral research investigated tuberculosis in relation to HIV in South African gold mining communities. That year she completed her specialist training in infectious diseases at the London Deanery. At the time she completed her training, medical services in developing countries were overwhelmed with deaths from HIV and tuberculosis. She joined the LSHTM as a Wellcome Trust Fellow and established the country's first tuberculosis laboratory. She was promoted to Professor in 2012 and led the world's first large evaluation of HIV self-testing. She has investigated whether sputum microscopy or X-ray based diagnostics could be used to diagnose cases of tuberculosis in communities impacted by high rates of tuberculosis and HIV, as well as whether HIV self-testing should be offered to people who have tuberculosis-like symptoms. She has investigated the epidemic of long-term survivors of perinatal HIV transmission. Alongside her scientific research, Corbett has designed research training and taught students at the Malawi College of Medicine. She delivered the 2018 Stephen Lawn Memorial Lecture. Corbett has served on various advisory boards within the World Health Organization, including membership of the Strategic & Technical Advisory Group. Other awards and honours include;

1995 Dr Ethel Williams Prize for Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge 2004 Awarded the Chalmers Medal by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007 Clinical Excellence Award from the Wellcome Trust 2021: Awarded the Sir Rickard Christophers Medal

Selected publications The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment HIV-1/AIDS and the control of other infectious diseases in Africa

Personal life Corbett is married with two children.