Shi babban Farfesa ne na Immunology da Cututtuka masu Yaduwa a Jami'ar Harvard, Boston, Farfesa Farfesa na Magunguna a Jami'ar Cornell, New York, da Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar (Bincike) a Jami'ar KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. Shi abokin tarayya ne na Cibiyar Ragon na Babban Asibitin Massachusetts (MGH), Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT) da Jami'ar Harvard. Ya taba zama Shugaban Kwamitin Binciken Likitoci na Afirka ta Kudu kuma a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin Co-Shugaban Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Ministocin Afirka ta Kudu kan COVID-19 kuma a matsayin Memba na Kwamitin Taimako na Afirka na Coronavirus da Hukumar Lancet kan COVID- 19.
Dr Abdool Karim yana daya daga cikin manyan masana kimiyya a duniya da aka ambata Yanar gizo na Kimiyya. Yana aiki a kan Hukumar na mujallu da yawa, ciki har da New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Lafiyar Duniya, Lancet HIV da mBio. Shi ne shugaban kwamitin kwararrun kimiya na UNAIDS, kwamitin ba da shawara kan dabarun yaki da cutar kanjamau da kuma hukumar yaki da cutar kanjamau ta WHO. Shi memba ne na Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Kimiyya don Kiwon Lafiyar Duniya a Gidauniyar Bill da Melinda Gates.
Yawancin lambobin yabo da ya bayar sun hada da lambar yabo ta "Kwame Nkrumah" ta Tarayyar Afirka wadda ita ce lambar yabo ta kimiyya mafi daraja a Afirka, lambar yabo ta Kuwait Al-Sumait, lambar yabo ta Kanada Gairdner Global Health Award da lambar yabo mafi girma daga Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Afirka, Kwalejin Kimiyya a Afirka ta Kudu. Royal Society of Africa ta Kudu da kuma African Medical Research Council. Shi memba ne na Cibiyar Nazarin Magunguna ta Amurka, Cibiyar Nazarin Kwayoyin Halitta ta Amirka da Ƙungiyar Likitocin Amirka.
A shekarar 2024, an karrama Farfesa Abdool Karim da wata babbar daraja Lasker~Bloomberg Kyautar Sabis na Jama'a don haskaka manyan direbobi na watsa kwayar cutar HIV na maza da mata da kuma gabatar da hanyoyin ceton rai don rigakafi da magance cutar HIV.
Yana da Fellow na Royal Society (FRS).
An sabunta wannan shafin a cikin Janairu 2025.
