Kogieleum Naidoo is a South African scientist, researcher and academic at University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research work has a focus on the HIV & AIDS infection with focus advancing care for individuals affected by Tuberculosis and AIDS.
Education Kogieleum Naidoo has a MBChB in Medicine and Surgery.
She obtained her PhD from University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, within the period of February, 2012 to 14 April 2016.
Career Kogieleum Naidoo has worked in various capactites from academic, research, and administrative positions.
University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit -1994 Clinical Investigator – Paediatric Transmission of AIDS (Petra) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 1996 - 2000 Clinical investigator – South African Intrapartum Nevirapine (SAINT) Study (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) - 1999 - 2000
King Edward VIII Hospital: Durban
Medical Intern - 1993 - 1994 Medical Officer (Department of Paediatrics) - 1995 -1996 Medical Officer (Department of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal) - 2001
Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa(CAPRISA)
Project Director (START study and CAPRISA AIDS Treatment Programme) - 2005 Head (Treatment Research Programme) - 2007 - 31/10/2024 Deputy Director and Head of eThekwini CAPRISA Research Clinic (ECRS) - present
Publications
Recurrent Subclinical Tuberculosis Among Antiretroviral Therapy–Accessing Participants: Incidence, Clinical Course, and Outcomes The epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, and management of drug-resistant tuberculosis-lessons from the South African experience Clinical evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests during the Omicron wave in South Africa
Recognition
Inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) She was the recipient of the Outstanding Female Scientist Prize in 2023 In 2023, she was elected as an African Academy of Sciences Fellow
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