IDM Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine

WELCOME!

Professor Valerie Mizrahi
Director: IDM

VIDEOS

Watch our video overviews of the IDM, an exciting place to be for established and young researchers alike »

  IDM overview
  IDM short overview
  Young researchers at the IDM

• Linda-Gail Bekker and her team at the Emavundleni clinic were recently profiled in The Lancet

• UCT Soft Funded Academic & Research Staff Award 2014 for Mark Hatherill

• Led by Greg Hussey, VACFA held very successful (10th) annual African Vaccinology Course

RECENT IDM PUBLICATIONS

The Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine was established in 2004 as a trans-faculty postgraduate research institute based within the University of Cape Town, South Africa. It is physically and administratively located within the Faculty of Health Sciences campus.

Our Vision is to be an international centre of excellence where world-class scientists work together to tackle diseases of major importance in Africa

Our Mission is

To conduct basic, clinical and public health research that is leading-edge and relevant to the needs of African people
To develop indigenous scientific capacity in biomedical, clinical and public health research
To influence health policy and practice by translating scientific discoveries and applying them in our communities
To build partnerships with other Institutes and Centres in South Africa and elsewhere

Our research efforts are focused on

infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
non-communicable diseases such as cancers
genetic medicine and
molecular medicine including drug discovery