Lynn S. Zijenah
Scientific Advisory Board
University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Lynn Zijenah is a Professor of Immunology in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her research interests include immunogenetics of infectious diseases, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), development and evaluation of novel point-of care diagnostic tools for HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Understanding the causes of diseases and how to quickly diagnose them will lead to development of new ways to prevent them as well as new medicines to treat the diseases.