Simon Mendelsohn
Principal investigator University of Cape Town, South Africa Email: simon.mendelsohn@uct.ac.za
VALIDATE Role: Network Affiliate
Research Keywords: Tuberculosis, Biomarkers, Diagnosis, Transcriptomics Biography: Dr Simon Mendelsohn graduated from the University of Cape Town as a medical doctor in 2011. As a Rhodes Scholar, he read for two master’s degrees at the University of Oxford, in Immunology (2015) and International Health and Tropical Medicine (2016), and obtained a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians (London). He has experience in HIV and TB clinical medicine; most recently with Médecins Sans Frontières, implementing HIV and TB programmes in Malawi prisons. Dr Mendelsohn joined the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) as a clinical investigator in 2017, completing his PhD in Clinical Science and Immunology, evaluating host-blood gene signatures for the diagnosis and prognosis of pulmonary TB. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, with a research focus on new tests for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection and early (pre-symptomatic) TB disease, and biomarkers for guiding TB preventive and curative treatment.
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