Fellows
Wadzanai Manjeese
SANTHE Post-doctoral Fellow
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), Durban, South Africa
Immunometabolic profiling of immune cells in subclinical TB patients
Wadzanai Manjeese is a biomedical scientist born and raised in Zimbabwe, where she completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in Microbiology and Biotechnology. She has a strong interest in infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis (TB).
She relocated to Durban, South Africa, to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). Her doctoral research investigated the effects of prenatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection on neurodevelopment and autism-like behaviours in the offspring of a mouse model of autism.
In her current work, she focuses on understanding how Mtb evades the immune system to ensure its survival, with a particular interest in the role of cellular metabolism in shaping immune cell function during infection. Her research aims to identify potential therapeutic targets that could enhance early clearance of Mtb and contribute to combating the global TB burden.
She is driven by a commitment to improving human health and a strong curiosity for scientific discovery.