Stephen Lawn

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2016}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Steve Lawn

| birth_name = Stephen David Lawn

| image = Stephen_Lawn_died_2016.jpg

|caption = Stephen D. Lawn

| birth_date = {{birth date|1966|03|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = York, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|23|1966|03|13|df=y}}

| death_place = London, England

| resting_place =

| children =

| field = {{Plainlist|

• Medicine
• Tuberculosis
• HIV}}

| work_institution = {{Plainlist|* University of Cape Town

• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology}}

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|* University of Nottingham}}

| known_for = {{Plainlist| * Tuberculosis and HIV research}}

| spouse = Joy Lawn

| awards = Chalmers Medal (2012)

}}

Stephen David Lawn (13 March 1966 – 23 September 2016) was a Professor of Infectious diseases and Tropical medicine known for research on tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.{{cite journal|last1=Harries|first1=Anthony D.|last2=Bekker|first2=Linda-Gail|title=Stephen Lawn, 1966–2016|journal=The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease|volume=20|issue=12|year=2016|pages=1698–1699|issn=1027-3719|doi=10.5588/ijtld.16.0744|pmid=27931351 }}{{Cite journal|last1=Bekker|first1=L.-G.|last2=Wood|first2=R.|date=21 December 2016|title=Steve Lawn|url=http://samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/11777|journal=South African Medical Journal|volume=107|issue=1|pages=16|doi=10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i1.12170 |doi-broken-date=12 July 2025 |issn=2078-5135|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Watts|first1=Geoff|title=Stephen David Lawn|journal=The Lancet|volume=388|issue=10054|year=2016|pages=1876|issn=0140-6736|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31788-3|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Gulland|first1=Anne|title=Stephen Lawn|journal=BMJ|year=2016|pages=i5755|issn=1756-1833|doi=10.1136/bmj.i5755|s2cid=220098565 }}