Phetole Mahasha
South African Medical Research Council Senior Scientist/Project Manager
South Africa
I am currently employed by South African Medical Research Council as a Project Manager responsible for the Precision Medicine Portfolio and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and African Traditional Medicines (ATMs) Strategic Projects. I am also employed by the University of Pretoria, Department of Nuclear Medicine as an Extraordinary Lecturer and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Discipline of Traditional Medicine as an Honorary Senior Lecturer. I hold a doctorate degree in Medical Immunology from the University of Pretoria - research focused on HIV pathogenesis, an M.Sc. degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Stellenbosch - research focused on TB pathogenesis, a B.Sc. Honours in Biochemistry - research focused on Cancer, and B.Sc. degree in Life Sciences majoring in Biochemistry and Microbiology from the University of Limpopo. I have post-doctoral experience from the University of Virginia (USA) and University of Venda (South Africa) where he worked as an NIH FIC, WHIL, as a Genetic Epidemiology/Statistical Genetics and Metabolomics Post-doctoral Research Fellow, and at the NICD as a Professional Development Programme Post-Doctoral Fellowship where I conducted research on a HIV vaccines (HIV functional cure). I have published and co-authored more than 36 high level research articles including those published in the Lancet and Nature journals, with more than 13567 citations with a current overall h-index of more than 25.
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