Prof. Bernard Fourie

Prof. Bernard Fourie is an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at UP, where he leads several large-scale projects in tuberculosis, mostly with international collaboration and funding. His scientific contributions to peer-reviewed scientific journals/textbooks number more than 130. Dr Fourie is a Principal Investigator in the MRC Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis Biomarker-Targeted Interventions (Lead: Hatherill, UCT), The MRC Unit on Antimicrobial Resistance (Lead: Dheda, UCT) and serves on the Autophagy, Inflammation and Metabolism (AIM) Centre International Council of Affiliate Members, University of New Mexico, USA Currently, Dr Fourie is making novel contributions to the field of inhaled therapies for tuberculosis, in particular pulmonary delivery of drugs and vaccines. He is also pursuing novel approaches to the simplification of molecular-based profiling for tuberculosis and is engaged in international efforts to identifying biomarkers of risk for TB disease. In 2018, he was a Finalist in the NSTF Lifetime Achievement Rewards category.

 

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