Clive Michelo

Clive M. Michelo is currently the lead scientist for the Centre for Family Health Research in Zambia (CFHRZ). Previously as a SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN NETWORK FOR TB/HIV RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (SANTHE) postdoctoral fellow and affiliated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) young African researcher programs: Accelerate the Development of Vaccines and New Technologies to Combat the AIDS Epidemic (ADVANCE) and Vaccine Immunology Science and Technology for Africa (VISTA), Clive begun his research and capacity building within the framework of furthering African-led research in HIV. Today, most of Clive’s research work is focused on the development of iterative immunologic tools/methods in the identification of CD8 T cell responses that are associated with spontaneous HIV-1 viral control. This work includes the optimised CD8 T cell epitope selection/prioritisation aimed at the design of an efficacious, universal, T-cell-based HIV-1 vaccine for long term population level immunity.