Research

External collaborations

University of Cape Town, Gregory D Hussey. Web link

National Institute for Medical Research, Douglas B Young. Web link

University of Cape Town, Gary Maartens.

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, David Sherman.

National Institute for Medical Research, Anne O’Garra.

Fellowships

Royal College of Physicians, Fellow.

Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Tropical Medicine. 2004 -

Guest lectures

‘Association between the HIV-tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome and antitubercular drug resistance’. Plenary presentation to Symposium 10,. 39th World conference of the International Union against tuberculosis and lung disease., Paris, France. 18 Oct 2008.

‘The T cell response to M. tuberculosis in HIV infected people’. John Humphrey seminar, Hammersmith Hospital London. 16 Oct 2008.

‘Research priorities in Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome’ Session chair and discussant AIDS priorities: controversies in HIV meeting. Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Cape Town. 29 Sep 2008.

Novel association between antitubercular drug resistance and the HIV-tuberculosis associated immune reconstiution inflammatory syndrome’. Invited plenary speaker and session chair, International tuberculosis research center annual retreat, Seoul, Korea. 24 Sep 2008.

Emerging issues in drug resistant tuberculosis in South Africa’. Invited plenary speaker at International workshop on MDR-Tuberculosis, Foundation for Medical Research Mumbai, held in Lonavala, India. 8 Aug 2008.

‘Th1 and FoxP3 positive T cells and the HIV-tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome’. Acid-Fast Club, Leicester. 11 Jul 2008.

‘The T cell response to M. tuberculosis in HIV infected people’. Invited seminar at Forscungscentrum, Borstel, Germany. 8 Jul 2008.

The T cell response to M. tuberculosis in HIV infected people’. Plenary speaker at the 7th International Congress on the pathogenesis of mycobacterial diseases, Stockholm. 29 Jun 2008.

‘The pathogenesis of HIV-tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome’ Physicians’ refresher course. Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town,. 22 Feb 2008.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen specific T cell expansions and the pathogenesis of the HIV-TB IRIS’. Poster discussion Conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections, Boston MA. 6 Feb 2008.

Editorial boards

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Associate Editor. Oct 2008 -