Almyra Oveta Fuller (1955-present)

Fuller obtained her PhD in microbiology and immunology in 1983 from the University of North Carolina.
Her work focuses on the molecular mechanism of how viruses enter cells and further pathogenesis in viruses.
A Methodist pastor, she designed the Trusted Messenger Intervention (TMI) to use religious leaders in Zambia and the US to educate on HIV/AIDS and its impact in communities.
In 1998, she was awarded the ‘Woman of the Year in Human Relations’, by the University of Michigan Women of Colour Task Force.
In 2005, she received the Robert Smith Humanitarian Award for her Community Service.

Text: National Centre for Institutional Diversity – A. Oveta Fuller.

Image: © University of Michigan

Author: Anthonia Oluwatuyi (2020) LJMU Student

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