Max Price served as the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, succeeding Njabulo Ndebele.
15 Facts About Max Price
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Max Price held this position for a decade, from 19 August 2008, until 30 June 2018.
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Max Price received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University from 1981 to 1983.
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In 1988, Max Price became part of the newly established Centre for Health Policy in South Africa, which aimed to develop post-apartheid health policies.
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Max Price holds an h-index of 16 according to Google Scholar.
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Max Price served as Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Wits University from 1996 to 2006.
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Additionally, Max Price was instrumental in establishing The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, the country's first university-owned private teaching hospital, and Wits Health Consortium, the first university research company in South Africa.
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In 2004, Max Price was appointed an Honorary Fellow Ad Eundum of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa in Public Health Medicine.
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Between 2006 and 2008, Max Price held a position on the board of directors of the Aurum Institute for Health Research, a non-profit organization focusing on AIDS and tuberculosis research.
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Max Price was installed as vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town on 19 August 2008.
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In 2015, Max Price co-founded and served as the first Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance, which was established to strengthen links between research universities in Africa.
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Max Price was a member of the Global Universities Leaders' Forum of the World Economic Forum and served on the Board of Directors of the Community Organisation Resources Centre.
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Some critics accused Max Price of displaying a "gross lack of leadership," while others questioned the necessity of using private security and police to manage the protests.
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From 2011 to 2018, Max Price held a position as a Member of the Council of the University of Ghana, Legon.
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Max Price presently serves on a panel of senior external experts chosen for the Expert Commission of Fondation Botnar.