Jaclyn Mann

Jaclyn Mann is a senior lecturer and researcher in the HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP) at UKZN where she completed her PhD in Virology. Her research interests include understanding the effect of immune-driven mutations on HIV replication capacity and inter- subtype comparisons of HIV protein function to help understand differences in prevalence and expansion of HIV subtypes. She received a Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) fellowship from the Royal Society and African Academy of Sciences to characterise HIV variants in reservoirs, which present a barrier to curing HIV.