Researchers/Supervisors
Exnevia Gomo
SANTHE Consortium Steering Committee Member
Collaborative Clinical Research Centre (CCRC), Harare, Zimbabwe
Exnevia Gomo is an Associate Professor in the Medical Laboratory Sciences Unit at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, where he also coordinates the Immunology module of the Honours in Medical Laboratory Science programme. He serves as Director of the Research Support Centre at the Faculty.
His research focuses on the immunology of infectious diseases, including HIV, COVID-19, and parasitic infections, with emphasis on immunopathogenesis, immunogenetics, and immunonutrition. His work aims to identify immune-based targets that can inform the development of vaccines and immunotherapies.
He is also involved in herbal medicine research, particularly the preclinical evaluation of plant-derived compounds using laboratory disease models such as diabetes, wound healing, and pain, with the goal of identifying affordable and accessible alternative treatments.