Honorary Professor Robert J Wilkinson

Country: South Africa

Institution: University of Cape Town

Research Areas: Understanding and intervening in tuberculosis and HIV-tuberculosis

Lab Website: www.idm.uct.ac.za/Robert_Wilkinson

HIV and TB are the most pressing public health problems in Africa: in South Africa, many hundreds of people still die prematurely per day because of HIV, many due to co-existent TB. The epidemiology and clinical features of HIV associated TB are well researched, but few studies have addressed in detail the cellular mechanisms. My research programme derives its research questions from the clinical care of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV-TB co-infected persons in South Africa and London. Through clinically-based studies, we aim to improve knowledge of pathogenesis and thereby improve prevention and treatment.