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Main areas of expertise
Small molecule drug discovery underpinned by the integration of chemistry, biology and pre-clinical pharmacology, including drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) as expressed in the processes of Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism & Excretion (ADME). Positions held
Tier 1 South Africa Research Chair in Drug Discovery under the South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) administered through the South African National Research Foundation (NRF), 2008-date
Founding Director, South African Medical Research Council Drug Discovery and Development (extramural) Research Unit at UCT, 2009-date
Founder and Director, UCT Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3D), 2010-date
Full Professor (ad hominem promotion), Department of Chemistry, UCT, 2007-date
Full Member, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), UCT, 2006-date