Chennai: In 1986 Dr. Suniti Solomon was a part of the the team that documented the first evidence of HIV infection in India has, according to reports, died in Chennai on Tuesday morning.
Dr. Solomon was diagnosed with cancer three months ago, according to the report. She was over 75 years old. She is survived by a son, Sunil Suhas Solomon
Dr. Solomon detected and documented the first case of HIV infection in India when she was working as a professor of microbiology at Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital. She then set up a testing and counselling centre and an AIDS research group in Chennai.
She served and held prestigious positions in various organisations working in the areas of HIV research studies including US National Institute of Mental Health’s multi-country HIV/STD prevention trial.
