CIDRI-Africa

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Supporting Excellence

The Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa fosters investigator-led approaches via the overarching scientific objective of combatting infection, especially HIV-1 and tuberculosis, through clinical and laboratory research.

Macrophages infected with M. tuberculosis; image by Dr Suraj Parihar

Basic Science

Our Basic Science Platform provides the laboratory infrastructure and technical support to ensure the safe handling of infectious material.

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Biomedical Data Integration

We work with multidimensional clinical and scientific data at the molecular, cellular, clinical and population levels.

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Clinical Research

CIDRI-Africa supports clinical studies in the community at our facility at Site B in Khayelitsha.

News

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Harry Crossley Clinical Fellowships for two CIDRI-Africa clinician-scientists

Congratulations to Drs Elsa du Bruyn and Ashley Jacobs.

Publication Date:

Tue, 21 May 2019 - 09:00

Dr Kate Webb, standing in the corridor of a hospital

Tackling lupus from the ‘cathedral of science’

The Department of Paediatrics & Child Health’s Dr Kate Webb is the second recipient from the University of Cape Town (UCT) to be selected for the prestigious Crick African Network’s African Career Accelerator (CAN ACA) awards.

Publication Date:

Fri, 03 May 2019 - 11:45