Researchers/Supervisors

Clive Michelo

SANTHE Supervisor


Center for Family Health Research in Zambia (CFHRZ),
Lusaka, Zambia

Collaboration Interests
  • Genomics
  • HIV-1 virology
  • Immunoinformatics
  • Immunology
  • Vaccine design

Clive M. Michelo is the lead scientist at the Centre for Family Health Research in Zambia (CFHRZ), Lusaka, Zambia. He previously trained as a postdoctoral fellow through the SANTHE and participated in International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) programmes, including ADVANCE and VISTA, focused on building African-led HIV research capacity.

His research focuses on developing immunological tools and methods to identify CD8 T-cell responses associated with spontaneous HIV-1 viral control. He works on optimizing CD8 T-cell epitope selection and prioritization to support the design of a universal T-cell-based HIV vaccine aimed at achieving durable, population-level immunity.

SANTHE is a pan-African consortium, with the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) serving as the operational site lead and funded by the Science for Africa Foundation through the DELTAS Africa programme; the Gates Foundation; Gilead Sciences Inc.; Aidsfonds; and the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.